Short-day fresh-market or processing cultivar adapted to the Pacific Northwest. Origin: USDA-ARS, Corvallis, OR, by C.E. Finn, B.C. Strik, B.M. Yorgey, T.A. Mackey, P.P. Moore, M. Dossett, P.A. Jones, J. Lee, R.R. Martin, K.L. Ivors, and A.R. Jamieson. Pinnacle × ORUS 1723-3; crossed 2000; selected 2002; tested as ORUS 2427-4; introd. 2017. USPP 29,370; 12 June 2018. Tree: vigor strong; yield high, greater than Totem; upright, very efficient to harvest due to open growth habit, visible fruit and large fruit size; tolerant to verticillium wilt and Northwest US viruses; moderately susceptible to red stele (Phytophthora fragariae), Races Cdn-4 and Cdn-5, charcoal rot (Macrophomina phaseolina), and fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum). Fruit: large, 15-20 g; uniform long wedge; glossy bright red; flesh solid red, very firm, sweet, 8.74 °Brix, 3.4 pH, 9.34 g·L–1 citric acid; picks easily with or without cap; ripens mid-to late-season, 2-4 d after Charm, Tillamook, and Totem.
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