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Fragaria x ananassa 'Vale'

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A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous herb.
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Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Pollination entomogamy
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An early season, short-day cultivar adapted to Northern Italy. Not related to USDA-ARS, Oregon release in 1950 with the same name. 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. 90.316.1 × 92.435.1; crossed 1996; selected 1998 in Cesena; tested as 96.46.2; introd. 2009. Italy PVR applied for. Tree: medium vigor; average yield; medium susceptibility to main soilborne pathogens and powdery mildew; susceptible to anthracnose and angular leaf spot; needs an early planting date for high yield on fumigated fertile soils. Fruit: bright orange-red, very firm skin; large; long conic; firm flesh; high sugar content well balanced with acidity, faintly aromatic; high ascorbic acid content.
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Origin: in Corvallis, Ore., by G.F. Waldo, Oregon Agr. Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1966. US-Ore. 2012 × US-Ore. 2100; cross made in 1950; selected in 1952; tested as USOre. 2331. Tree: Fruit: large, becoming smaller toward end of season; conic, slightly necked and separates easily from the calyx; skin medium dark red, not bright; flesh red, medium firm in eastern Oregon but too soft for commercial use in western Oregon; flavor pleasing, mildly acid. Plants: hardy; produce an abundance of leaves but only a moderate number of runners; productive; flower stems medium to long, 7 to 15 blossoms per cluster; resistant to red stele, but not tolerant of virus disease, somewhat tolerant of salinity; for home garden and local market; recommended for eastern Oregon, eastern Washington and western Idaho. Named for the town of Vale.
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Fragaria x ananassa 'Vale'
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