Origin: in Cheyenne, Wyo., by U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Introd. in 1973. The parentage of this variety is Geneva × 5.65122 (Earlidawn × Chief Bemidji); cross made in 1966, selected in 1968 by Gene S. Howard and James P. Huck, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, tested as 67105-41. Tree: everbearing, will bloom, fruit and produce runners simultaneously, vigor excellent; abundant runner production; very productive; hardy,-30F; self-fertile; some susceptibility to mildew in Maryland and Oregon. Fruit: large; round-conic; skin bright scarlet-red, yellow seeds at surface level; flesh pink to scarlet, firm in areas with cool nights, aromatic, sweet.
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