Pink Rosa* is a new variety of Institute of Horticulture in Skierniewice

strawberry seedlings

Pink Rosa is a new later ripening dessert variety, valuable for the attractive appearance, firmness and abundant fruitage, low susceptibility to leaves diseases and high resistance to frosts.

Origin: Pink Rosa ('Granda' x 'Sophie') is a new variety of strawberry accepted for testing in Research Centre for Cultivar Testing (COBORU) and Exclusive Rights Protection Book under number T-04052-06 on 18.01.2012 year. The variety will be entered into the National Register of Varieties of Fruit Plants in 2016.

Plant: A strongly growing plant with a loose, spreading habitus and medium-abundant phyllotaxis. Leaves are light green, medium gloss, slightly concave along the midrib, with serrated, obtuse (semicircular) edges. Average number of stolons, slightly hairy, with a moderate anthocyanin colour. Inflorescences are hidden beneath the surface of the leaves. Flowering is plentiful. The flowers are large, bisexual, the cup is much smaller than the corolla.

Fruits: Large and very large, broadly conical and heart-shaped, very shapely, orange-pink, uniformly stained with quite intense shiny, firm (firmer than fruit of 'Elsanta' and 'Honeoye' varieties), with a recessed nutlets, moderately aromatic, quite tasty and slightly sour. The pap is orange-red; air sac is very small; the cup is adjacent to the fruit, with a diameter smaller than the diameter of the fruit; the sepals are quite narrow, somewhat inclined, it is moderately hard to separate them from the fruit.

Other features: the variety is medium early, distinguished by rich fruitage. Fruits are not very susceptible to gray mold. Plants have a low susceptibility to the white blotch and powdery mildew, but are moderately sensitive to red blotch and verticilliose. They are also endured for freezing.



It is recommended for cultivation on commercial plantations and in private gardens.

The owner of the variety is the Research Institute of Horticulture. The description is made on the basis of the offer made by A. Masny and E. Żurawicz, posted on the website www.inhort.pl.

*Licensed variety. Varieties cannot be reproduced and sold, and according to new legislation cannot be duplicated for one's own needs.


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