`Puget Reliance' Strawberry

‘Puget Reliance’ is a new short-day strawberry (Fragaria ×ananassa Duch.) cultivar jointly released by Washington State Univ., Oregon State Univ., Univ. of Idaho, and the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service (USDA–ARS). ‘Puget Reliance’ has been noted for high yields of large, medium-red conic fruit. ‘Puget Reliance’ appears to be very virus tolerant. ‘Puget Beauty’ is present five times in the pedigree of ‘Puget Reliance’. The name, ‘Puget Reliance’, was selected to reflect the contribution of ‘Puget Beauty’ in the pedigree and denote its adaptation to the Puget Sound region, its virus tolerance, and consistent high yields of large fruit.