Origin: in New Brunswick, N.J., by F.A. Gilbert, New Jersey Agr. Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1955. N.J. 953 [(Lupton × Aberdeen) × Fairfax] × N.J. 925 (Pathfinder × Fairfax); selected in 1948; tested as N.J. 7 A Tree: large; moderately productive; vigorous; produces fewer runner plants than Sparkle; susceptible to leaf spot, leaf scorch, red stele, verticillium wilt; best adapted to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and northward. Fruit: very large; blunt conic; skin very attractive, glossy, medium red, tough; calyx large, remains an attractive green, double on first berries; flesh fairly firm, but too soft for distant shipping, flavor mild, quality good fresh, white streaks remain at core until fully ripe; ripens in late midseason.
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