A high quality short-day cultivar that produces a large, vigorous plant with few runners per plant, is high yielding, has large berries with excellent flavor, and is particularly well adapted to coastal, southern California. Origin: Berry Genetics, Inc., Freedom, Calif. by Steven D. Nelson, Michael D. Nelson, and Leo W. Stoeckle. PS-592 × Carlsbad; selected in 1996; patented in 2002. USPP 12,628. Registered in Europe and other countries as Commitment. Tree: upright and vigorous; large with multiple crowns producing very few runners; inflorescence is long extending the flowers and fruit above the plant; high yields throughout the season, typically mid-January into June; performs best with a minimal nitrogen fertilizer program; moderately tolerant to Botrytis cinerea (botrytis fruit rot) and Sphaerotheca macularis F. sp. Fragariae (powdery mildew); susceptible to Xanthomonas fragariae (angular leaf spot). Fruit: characteristically rounded to conical; very attractive; glossy; very large (30.4 g), larger than Camarosa; excellent flavor and juiciness; moderate firmness, less firm than Camarosa; high yield; surface is deep red with medium red flesh; achenes are even with the fruit surface; later ripening than Camarosa.
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