Short-day strawberry adapted to North Carolina. <b>Origin:</b> North Carolina State University, by J.R. Ballington. NCH 87-22 × Earliglow; selected 1993; tested as NCS 93-05; USPP 19,763; 24 Feb. 2009. <b>Fruit:</b> dark purple-red and red blend skin; as large as Camarosa, 32 g primaries, 20 g secondaries, 10 g tertiaries; long conic to conic; orange-red flesh, firmer and tougher than Bish and Chandler, less firm and tough than Camarosa; achenes slightly below surface; ripens very early, first ripe fruit 7 Apr., before Bish, Camarosa, and Chandler. <b>Plant:</b> medium vigor; yields greater than or equal to Chandler and Camarosa; medium canopy density; crown and fruit resistant to anthracnose, but fruit susceptible when artificially inoculated with C. acutatum. Named in memory of long-time North Carolina State University and USDA-ARS strawberry breeder Gene J. Galletta.