Origin: in Willard, N.C., by the North Carolina Agr. Expt. Sta. and the Crops Res. Div., U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Introd. in 1964. Albritton × Md-US 2101; selected in 1956 by E.B. Morrow, North Carolina Agr. Expt. Sta., and D.H. Scott, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture; extensively tested in North Carolina from 1960 to 1964 by G.J. Galletta and J.M. O'Neal, North Carolina Agr. Expt. Sta.; tested as N.C. 2486. Tree: very vigorous; comparatively small crowns; runners produced so freely, they must be thinned for best fruiting performance; not productive in Beltsville, Md. and northward, productive in southern Virginia and southward; leaf gray-green, not glossy, medium size, glabrous, resistant to leaf spot and leaf scorch. Recommended for North Carolina and southward as an early commercial variety because of its attractive appearance, firmness and productivity to complement the later-maturing Albritton variety. Fruit: medium large, averaging 62 berries per lb, with 66 for Albritton; long conic, uniform; skin bright red, turning deep red at maturity, uniform, very glossy; flesh a uniform bright red, firm, flavor tart, good; ripens before Albritton in eastern North Carolina; yields well, averaging 25% greater than Albritton.
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