'Saint-Laurent d'Orléans' Strawberry

‘Saint-Laurent d’Orleans’ is a new June bearing strawberry cultivar (Fragaria ×ananassa Duch.) released by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. ‘Saint-Laurent d’Orleans’ was named because it has large, very fi rm, light red (Royal Horticultural Society color chart 43 A or 44 A) shiny fruit (Fig. 1), with excellent shelf life (Table 1) and resistance to leaf diseases. The selection was named after the village of St-Laurent d’Orleans, which is located at the south of l’Ile d’Orleans, Quebec. In this area the principal economy comes from agriculture, with a major emphasis on vegetable and strawberry production. This village is known as the capital of strawberry production in Quebec and is recognized for the high-quality fruit produced there.