Origin: at Watsonville, Calif., by R.S. Bringhurst and Victor Voth, Agr. Expt. Sta., Univ. of California, Davis. Introd. in 1979. Plant patent 4538, 27 May 1980; assigned to Regents, Univ. of California, Davis. Sequoia × 63.7-101 (complex parentage). Tree: smaller than Tioga; leaves less yellow than those of Tioga; as susceptible to red stele (Phytophyhora fragariae). Recommended for commercial production in southern California as an early, high-quality, winter-planting variety and as an improved summer-cropping variety for the central coast. Named for Pajaro Valley, Santa Cruz County, Calif. Fruit: larger than that of Tioga, well-shaped; flesh flavor and quality equal or superior to those of Aiko, Tioga, and Tufts, firm, more ascorbic acid than that of Tufts but less than that of Aiko.
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