A short-day cultivar with fruit of large size, dark red color, high flavor and conic to chordate shape that is adapted to summer production along the central coast of California. Origin: B.D. Mowrey, L.T. Kodama, J.F. Coss, J.I. Espejo, Jr., and T.M. Sjulin, Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc., Watsonville, Calif. Lido × 33X257; selected in 1996 in Monterey County, Calif. USPP12,899 issued 3 Sept. 2002; assigned to Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc. Tree: similar in habit and size to Commander with darker green foliage. Production volume is similar to Commander but is slightly later with greater late-season yield. Susceptible to powdery mildew, verticillium wilt and bacterial angular leafspot disease. Fruit: large; conic to chordate shape; most similar to Lido but larger and redder; internal color is red interspersed with white; aromatic flavor judged slightly superior to Lido, with greater acidity.
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