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F1 hybrid
Mountain Fresh
Also sold as: Mountain Fresh F1, NC 88289, STEP 724
1992 NC State F1 fresh-market slicer from NC 84173 × NC 109, with large flattened red fruit, tall determinate habit and Fusarium/Verticillium resistance.
- Shape
- Oblate / flattened
- Fruit type
- Slicer
- Growth habit
- Determinate / bush
- Where it grows
- Outdoor
- Typical fruit weight
- 280 g (225–335 g)
- Days to maturity
- 72 days from transplant
- Sweetness
- High
- Flavour intensity
- High
- Productivity
- Very high
- Cracking resistance
- High
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- Support needed
- Substantial
- Cool-climate suitability
- High
- Growing notes
- A classic eastern-US fresh-market hybrid. Tall determinate plants benefit from sturdy staking/caging. Current Canadian descriptions report good performance in cool/wet conditions.
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