Description
One of the most widely grown varieties in the world and the standard for the North American greenhouse strawberry industry.
Season
- Day-neutral variety with late, stable production
Growing tips
- Very well adapted to open-ground plasticulture with bare-root plants in the warmest regions.
- The standard in greenhouse cultivation with mini-trayplants planted between August and October for winter crops
Appearance
- Dark red color with very shiny skin
- Very regular conical shape
Taste
- Excellent taste with regular high sugar content
Caliber
- Large size that holds throughout the harvest
Firmness
- Excellent firmness and shelf life in refrigerated storage
Yield
- Good yield in plasticulture in warm regions (too late in colder regions) and good sustained yield in winter cultivation in heated greenhouses.
- Lower yields than many other neutral-day varieties, but excellent, consistent fruit quality appreciated by the industry.
Sensitivity and resistance
- Good overall resistance to foliar and root diseases
- Sensitivity to winter cold
- Resistant to phytophthora and verticillium
- Susceptibility to pestalotiopsis and anthracnose
Hybridizer: University California Davis (United States)
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Types of plants available for this variety
The fresh clod plant is a stolon raised on a multicellular plate and delivered in summer with growing leaves. It is planted in plasticulture, generally in August, for a very early harvest the following spring. In addition to excellent recovery in the field, the fresh plug plant reduces runner pruning work, offers better resistance to cold during winter, and enables early harvesting of excellent-quality fruit. Available in August or September for orders received before March 15.
Trayplant (TP) is mainly intended for soilless cultivation in greenhouses and tunnels. It’s a strawberry plant raised in a 250 ml cell that has been kept in a nursery during the flower initiation period in autumn, then kept in cold storage until planting. This type of plant is conditioned to give a large crop of excellent-quality strawberries around 10 to 12 weeks after planting, depending on the growing schedule, and plantings can be programmed to stagger harvests. Trayplant is available from December to July for orders received before March 15th.
The mini-trayplant (MTP) is mainly intended for greenhouse and tunnel planting with neutral-day varieties. This strawberry plant, raised in a 140-ml cell, can be planted in vegetative growth with foliage (fresh plant) between September and November, or dormant between December and July. This type of plant is conditioned for very regular production over a long period, as in winter cultivation in greenhouses or soilless cultivation in tunnels. The mini-trayplant is available from September to November (fresh) and from December to July (dormant) for orders received before March 15.
The dormant bare-root plant (frigo plant) is mainly intended for open-field planting in plasticulture or matted rows, for both short-day and neutral-day varieties. It is a strawberry plant grown in the open ground and harvested dormant at the start of winter, to be kept in cold storage until spring planting. Bare-root plants are available from April to July for orders received before December 15.
