A productive, late-season, short-day cultivar adapted to the Pacific Northwest North America. Origin: Washington State Univ., Puyallup, Wash., by P.P. Moore and C.E. Finn. Nanaimo × ORUS 1076-124; cross made in 1993; sel. in 1995; tested as WSU 2310; rel. in 1999; USPP 12067; trademarked and marketed under the name Puget Summer®. Tree: short-day; vigorous; prolific runner production; productive in matted-row production; low incidence of pre-harvest fruit rot. Susceptible to powdery mildew. Fruit: very late-season, midpoint of harvest in late June or early July in Puyallup; smooth and symmetrically conic; primary fruit large, secondaries and tertiaries smaller; fruit held up off ground; excellent fresh flavor.
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