Short-day strawberry adapted to coastal southern California. Origin: Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc., Watsonville, CA, by M.D. Ferguson, T.C. Moran. DrisStrawEight × 10L297; selected in Ventura County, CA, 2007; USPP 23,400, 19 Feb. 2013. Tree: moderate vigor, 3 crowns/plant, many stolons, 108 daughter plants; high yield, 1,063 g/plant; flat, globose, medium density; flowers above foliage, prostrate fruiting trusses; moderately resistant to Verticillium wilt, wind, high temperatures, high pH, high soil salt levels, water logging; moderately susceptible to powdery mildew, common leaf spot, angular leaf spot, aphids; susceptible to Botrytis fruit rot, Lygus bug. Fruit: glossy dark red (RHS 46A); very large, 30.3 g; moderately uniform conic; firm red (RHS 40C) and white (155D) flesh, sweet, low acidity, coarse texture; mid-sized raised reflexed calyx; surface achenes; very early season.
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