Dayneutral cultivar adapted to the central coast of California. Origin: Sweet Darling Sales, Aptos, CA, by J. Larse. 106734 × 108296; selected at Watsonville, CA; tested as 108965. USPP 29,966, 11 Dec. 2018. Tree: vigor moderate, stolons sparse, 3 per plant; yield high, 943 g/plant; growth habit semi-upright, round to oblate, open; flowers at or above canopy; moderately tolerant of powdery mildew. Fruit: large, 26.3 g, 5.2 cm long × 4.7 cm wide; conic to globose conic; glossy, vivid red (RHS 45A); flesh vivid red (RHS 44A) with strong yellowish pink core (RHS 37A); moderately firm; flavor acceptable, 6% SSC, pH 3.42; calyx small, inset, spreading to slightly reflexed; achenes inset; ripens mid-April to mid-September.
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