A short-day cultivar with fruit of dark red color and conic shape that is adapted to winter production in central Florida. Origin: K.L. Gilford and B.D. Mowrey, Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc., Watsonville, Calif. 7C171 × 21Y13; selected in 1997 in Hillsborough County, Fla. USPP14,109 issued 26 Aug. 2003; assigned to Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc. Tree: slightly taller and narrower than Biscayne but overall of similar, flat globose habit. Production volume is similar to Biscayne but earlier. Moderately resistant to verticillium wilt but susceptible to powdery mildew and bacterial angular leafspot disease. Fruit: large; mostly conic shape; most similar to Biscayne but darker red and more variable shaped; calyces on secondary fruit are smaller than those on Biscayne; internal color is medium red, similar to Biscayne; slightly less acidic and less flavorful than Biscayne.
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