A short-day cultivar with fruit of orange-red color, 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 M. Ferguson, Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc., Watsonville, Calif. Ana Maria × Balboa; selected in 1996 in Ventura County, Calif. USPP14,062 issued 12 Aug. 2003; assigned to Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc. Tree: globose shaped and similar to Coronado, but with denser foliage. Production is greater than Coronado and earlier. Moderately resistant to powdery mildew but susceptible to verticillium wilt and bacterial angular leafspot disease. Fruit: large; chordate shape; most similar to Coronado but with somewhat lighter skin and flesh color; flavor is aromatic, much sweeter and less acidic than Coronado.
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