A very late–ripening, short-day cultivar. Origin: at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, St. Jean sur Richelieu, Quebec, by S. Khanizadeh, B. Theriault, O. Carrise, and D. Buszard. Pandora × Bogota; cross made in 1989 by S. Khanizadeh and tested as SJ89700-1; introd. in 1998. Tree: very vigorous; 2–5 inflorescences per plant; tolerates temperatures below –30 °C; petioles are long, with large, dark green, flat, shiny, obovate leaflets with 22–28 serrations; yield is similar to most of the Quebec-grown cultivars but out yielded Sparkle. Moderately susceptible to the six North American Eastern races of red stele similar to Sparkle, semi-resistant to leaf scorch, leaf blight, and leaf spot. No sign of botrytis fruit rot was observed during the course of evaluation. Fruit: very late, 5 to 6 days after Bounty; excellent to extend the season; large; dark glossy red; very firm; uniform, oblate to globose and occasionally short-wedged; flowers are sometimes staminate similar to its parent Pandora.
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