A short-day cultivar with fruit of dark red color, chordate shape and high flavor that is adapted to late-winter through spring production along the southern coast of California. Origin: A.Q. Amorao, A. Solis, Jr., and M. Ferguson, Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc., Watsonville, Calif. San Miguel × 12A71; selected in 1996 in Ventura County, Calif. USPP14,005 issued 22 July 2003; assigned to Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc. Tree: more vigorous than San Miguel, but has a similar open plant habit of globose shape; slightly shorter inflorescence length than San Miguel. Production is greater than San Miguel with earlier initial fruiting. Moderately resistant to powdery mildew but susceptible to verticillium wilt and bacterial angular leafspot disease. Fruit: large; dark red; chordate shape; most similar to San Miguel, but with lighter flesh color; flavor is similar to but somewhat sweeter than San Miguel.
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