Short-day strawberry adapted to northern Italy. Origin: Italian National Project ‘‘Frutticoltura,’’ mainly financed by the Ministry of Agriculture, and ‘‘Top Quality Project,’’ funded by Emilia-Romagna Region Authority (through CRPV), Cesena, Italy, by W. Faedi, G. Baruzzi, and P. Sbrighi at CRA-FRF-Unità di Ricerca per la Frutticoltura–Forlì, and P. Lucchi at Centro Ricerche Produzioni Vegetali–Cesena. Miss × 91.143.5; crossed 1997; selected 1999 in Cesena; tested as 97.129.11; introd. 2009. Italy PVR applied for Tree: vigorous; very productive; erect, medium crown number; tolerant to main soil borne pathogens; low susceptibility to anthracnose and angular leaf spot; susceptible to powdery mildew. Fruit: red skin, stable during cold storage after picking, but quite dark in hot harvest period; very large; symmetric long conic; firm; low sugar content, slightly aromatic; ripens midseason.
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