A short-day cultivar with fruit of orange-red color and chordate shape that is adapted to winter production in central Florida. Origin: K.L. Gilford, B.D. Mowrey, J. Campos-Garcia, T. M. Sjulin and L.T. Kodama, Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc., Watsonville, Calif. Key Largo × L3; selected in 1994 in Hillsborough County, Fla. USPP12,817 issued 30 July 2002; assigned to Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc. Tree: similar, flat globose habit to Biscayne. Production is earlier and of greater total volume than Biscayne. Susceptible to powdery mildew, verticillium wilt and bacterial angular leafspot disease. Fruit: large to very large; mostly chordate shape, similar to Biscayne, but larger, lighter red and more variably shaped; primary fruit in December are suitable for long-stem marketing; internal color is light red, much lighter than Biscayne; similar in acidity but lower in sugars and less flavorful than Biscayne.
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