Origin: in Big Bend, Calif., by Harold A. Johnson, Jr., and Harold E. Thomas, Morgan Hill, Calif. Introd. in 1964. Plant patent 2613; 22 Mar. 1966; assigned to the Strawberry Inst. of Calif., Morgan HIll. Univ. of Calif. 544.3 × Strawberry Inst. Calif. C52.3. Tree: upright; open crown; grows well in heavy soils and those of moderate alkalinity or saline content; inflorescence on long stem extending above foliage level; robust growth; leaves heavier and thicker than Lassen; surface undulated and wrinkled; vigorous and dense; very productive during first year when winter set; susceptible to verticillium wilt and twospotted mite; resistance to red stele not determined. Fruit: medium to large; conic to globose conic, varying to wedge or rounded wedge; skin color lighter than Goldsmith or Lassen, glossy surface persistent; flesh white, firm, flavor mild and subacid, quality good; core hollow; ripens very early in frost free localities when winter planted.
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