A partially everbearing cultivar that produces large, dark-red, early season fruit on weakly vigorous plants, and is adapted to the Ventura County region of California. Origin: Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Watsonville, Calif., by Amado Q. Amorao, Arnoldo Solis, Jr., and Michael Ferguson; 61C117 × 19A268, selected in 1998; patented 2005. USPP 15,731. Tree: moderate crown producer; flat globose habit with open canopy; weak vigor; susceptible to Lygus hesperus (western tarnished plant bug) and verticillium wilt; moderately susceptible to botrytis fruit rot and angular leaf spot; and moderately resistant to Tetranychus urticae (two-spotted spider mite), powdery mildew, high soil pH, and high soil salt levels. Fruit: size similar to fruit of El Capitan and San Miguel; firm; very glossy; dark red with orange red flesh; wedge to cordate shape, with marked differences between primary and secondary fruits; very narrow band without achenes, and achenes insertion level with surface; surface very uneven; fruit harvest from late-January through mid-June.
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