Elegance

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Fruit: very uniform, beautifully shaped and glossy brilliant red color, surpasses requirements of wholesale market, very good shelf life, rain tolerant, berries are not darkening

Picking date: 4 days after Sonata

Plant: upright habit, long peduncles, easy and quick picking due to a compact picking period; high picking rate, very suitable for 60-days-culture

Protected variety, owner East Malling Research Ltd., UK

Available plant grades: A-, A, A+ and A++

Elegance produces very beautiful, uniform, medium sized berries with excellent shelf life

Long shelf life improves commercialization of the fruits

Compact picking period (shortly after Elsanta) is another advantage of this variety

Extremely high picking rates due to long peduncles and upright leafs

Elegance is susceptible to Mildew and needs therefore special attention