A short-day cultivar with fruit of medium red color and conic shape that is adapted to summer production along the central coast of California. Origin: B.D. Mowrey, J.F. Coss, L.T. Kodama, J.I. Espejo, Jr., and T.M. Sjulin, Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc., Watsonville, Calif. R2 × Key Largo; selected in 1994 in Monterey County, Calif.; USPP11,639 issued 21 Nov. 2000; assigned to Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc. Tree: more vigorous and upright than Commander, with denser foliage. Production volume is similar to Commander but has greater late-season yield. Plants are moderately resistant to powdery mildew but susceptible to verticillium wilt (Verticillium dahliae) and bacterial angular leafspot disease (Xanthomonas fragariae). Fruit: large; mostly conic shape, most similar to Commander, but slightly smaller, redder and more variable in shape; internal color is pale red, similar to Commander; flavor is slightly better than Commander.
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