Short-day strawberry adapted to coastal Southern and Central California. Origin: The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA, by K. Larson and D. Shaw. Cal 4.18 × Cal 5.165-1; crossed 2008; selected 2009, Irvine, CA; tested as Cal 8.132-608 and C235. USPP 26,709; 10 May 2016. Tree: vigor medium, stolons numerous, 23/plant; yield very high, 2,793 g/plant; growth habit upright, open; flowers at or below canopy, fruiting trusses prostrate; moderately resistant to powdery mildew, verticillium wilt, phytophthora crown rot, and common leaf spot; tolerant to two-spotted spider mite and California strawberry viruses; moderately susceptible to anthracnose fruit rot. Fruit: very large, 35 g; variable long-conic to cylindrical; orange-red (Munsell 7.5R 4/11); flesh light orange-red (Munsell 7.5R 5/3), firm; flavor excellent; calyx small, inset to surface, clasping to reflexed; achenes inset to raised; ripens semi-early.
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