A short-day cultivar with fruit of orange-red color, conic to chordate shape and high flavor that is adapted to late-winter through spring production along the south coast of California. Origin: A.Q. Amorao, A. Solis, Jr., and T.M. Sjulin, Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc., Watsonville, Calif. 9A264 × Balboa; selected in 1996 in Ventura County, Calif. USPP12,577 issued 23 Apr. 2002; assigned to Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc. Tree: more vigorous and upright than Coronado, with denser foliage; shorter inflorescence length than Coronado. Production is less than Coronado and slightly earlier. Moderately resistant to powdery mildew but susceptible to verticillium wilt and bacterial angular leafspot disease. Fruit: large; conic to chordate shape, most similar to Coronado; lighter external skin color and redder flesh color than Coronado; flavor is mildly aromatic, much sweeter and less acidic than Coronado.
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