Origin: in Big Bend, Calif., by Harold A Johnson, Jr. and Harold E. Thomas, Morgan Hill, Calif. Introd. in 1964. Plant patent 2611; 26 Mar. 1966; assigned to the Strawberry Inst. of California, Morgan HIll. A cross between two Strawberry Inst. of California seedlings, El0l.10 × C52.3. Tree: vigor and size medium; open crowned, with characteristic prostrate habit; leaf small to medium low and parallel to ground; leaflets with margins cupped downward, smooth surface; runner production poor to medium; susceptible to verticillium wilt. Fruit: large; long conic to long wedge; skin red, glossy, tough, with some longitudinal furrows; irregular ripening producing blotches; flesh firm, but juicy, flavor mild; resembles Goldsmith; tendency to split primaries in the summer crop.
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