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Strawberry Varieties Released for Season 2009

Our Latest Varieties

Kalinda
Kalinda fruit are large, frequently exceeding 35 grams in size during spring, the skin is bright red in colour and moderately glossy resulting in attractive fruit. This appearance is maintained throughout the fruiting season.
Fruit are conic in shape with little variation between primary, secondary and tertiary fruits, and rarely produces rough fruit. Flesh is medium red through out and firmer than Selva. Kalinda has shown adaptation to production in southern and northern areas of Victoria and South Australia where it has proved in grower trials to be highly productive.
In addition it appears to be very resistant to root and crown diseases.
Kalinda has also shown good resistance to rain damage and attack form Two Spotted Mite and strong resistance to Powdery Mildew.
Kalinda is expected to compete well with other day neutral varieties.

Bunyarra
Bunyarra fruit are exceptionally large, frequently producing fruit exceeding 50 grams in size during spring. The skin is bright red in colour and glossy, resulting in very attractive fruit, this appearance is maintained throughout the fruiting season.
Flesh is medium red throughout and is similar in firmness to Adina, Kiewa and Tallara.
Fruit are uniformly conic shaped, with no shape and little size variation between primaries and secondaries. Tertiary and lower order fruit are rarely present, this is achieved by a generic trait, which limits flower production to primary and secondary flowers only on each truss.
While limiting productivity, this characteristic allows very high pack out percentages. Bunyarra has shown moderate resistance to rain damage and field resistance to Powdery Mildew.
Grower trials over six years indicate Bunyarra will stand up well throughout the marketing process, and a combination of moderate acid, very high sugar and moderate aroma will produce fruit which will be highly sought after by consumers.
Lower production levels indicate that Bunyarra is of interest only to a specialty market where the fruit is able to command a high price.

Juliette
Juliette has shown adaptation to production in southern and northern areas of Victoria and Queensland where it has proved in grower trials to be very early and highly productive with a pack-out percentage exceeding 85%.
Juliette fruit are large, frequently exceeding 40 grams in size during spring. The skin is bright red in colour and glossy resulting in very attractive fruit. This appearance is maintained throughout the fruiting season.
Fruit are conic in shape with little variation between primary, secondary and tertiary fruits, and rarely produce rough fruit. Flesh is medium red through out and firmer than Tallara.
It has also shown useful levels of rein resistance, a very tough skin and is not susceptible to Powdery Mildew under field conditions. Grower trials over six years indicate the fruit are juicy and sweet with an excellent flavour if the fruit are allowed to ripen sufficiently before picking.