Breeder, Place | Summerland, British Columbia, Canada |
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Intellectual property | PICO, Canada |
Parents | Stella x 2 S 84-10 |
Crossing number | 13 N 10-09 |
Property rights | registered for EU plant variety rights and trademark |
Blooming date | medium |
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Fertility | self-fertile |
S-allele, sterility group | S3 S4', group SC |
Ripening time | medium, 4.-5. cherry week |
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Scale, shape | at ideal crop load 28-30 mm, 11-13 g, heart-shaped without apex, medium long stalk |
Colour | blushed cherry, at the first pick purple on sunny side, at full maturity medium red |
Fruit flesh | cream white, firm, Durofel pressure 25: 75-80, juicy |
Taste | spicy-aromatic, slightly sourish, with increasing maturity sweeter |
Cracking sensitivity | medium |
Storage | good |
Vigour | medium strong, semi-upright, good branching |
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Crop load | high and regular |
Blushed, self-fertile variety with yield security, good firmness and attractive appearance. STARBLUSH ™ SPC 207 (S) has larger fruits and higher resistance to bruises through wind damage than the variety 'Rainier' which ripens at the same time.