A fully everbearing cultivar with fruit of medium to large size, dark red color and conic 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. 33X257 × L2; selected in 1996 in Monterey County, Calif. USPP13,386 issued 17 Dec. 2002; assigned to Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc. Tree: similar in habit and size to Commander but with greater numbers of crowns per plant, and a denser, darker green canopy. Production volume is similar to Commander but with greater late-season yield. Moderately resistant to verticillium wilt but susceptible to powdery mildew and bacterial angular leafspot disease. Fruit: medium to large; conic shape; most similar to Commander but of smaller average fruit size, greater length to width ratio, darker red external color and uniform red flesh color; flavor is similar to Commander, with somewhat greater acidity.
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