A late-ripening, short-day strawberry cultivar for the midwestern U.S. Origin: in Rockport, Ind., by A. Cook, patent assigned to H. Boll, Champaign, Ill. [([(Canall × Twentieth Century) × Twentieth Century] × Ogallala) × Oberschlesien] × Surecrop; cross made in 1969; patented in 1984; USPP 5232. Tree: short-day type; large plants; vigorous, few runners. Fruit: very large; late ripening; medium red exterior with light medium red flesh; primary berries wedge to conic and secondary and later mostly conic; glossy; very firm; thick and long pedicels.
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