Origin: in Auchincruive, Scotland, by R.D. Reid, Scottish Hort. Res. Inst. Introd. in 1964. Seedling Auchincruive 11 × Cambridge Vigour; cross made in 1957; breeder's number 57C33, tested in National Fruit Trials (Brogdale) as A.38. Tree: medium to large; foliage dense, compact, upright; with many vigorous stolons; flower truss short, simple, covered by leaf canopy, bearing six to eight fruit; peduncle short, thick, strong, hairs slight, short and outright; leaf medium to large, medium to dark green, slightly shiny, sometimes mottled; lamina flat to convex; leaflets about as broad as long, base rounded, downward cupped, serrations sharp, medium depth, pubescence silky on upper surface; petiole with base tinged pink, furrow shallow. Selected for resistance to three races of red core root rot (Phytophthora fragariae). Fruit: medium large to very large through the season; globose conic to short conic, very symmetrical; skin light red turning to dark red when fully ripe, shiny; achenes small, yellow or reddish, not deeply pitted; flesh whitish suffused light red, cavity lacking; texture firm, juicy, fine, flavor rich, slightly acid; calyx not large, sepals medium to short, in most fruit slightly reflexed, giving fleshy neck that separates easily; maturity late, extending 3 to 4 weeks, similar to Talisman.
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