Freestone processing fruit with blue skin and green-amber flesh. Origin: Cornell University by J.P. Watson. Furst O.P.; selected 1970 from an original seed collection in 1958; tested as NY 58.904. Tree: vigor medium; readily machine harvestable via shake and catch methods; black knot (Dibotryon morbosum) and brown rot tolerance above average, similar to Damson. Fruit: 20 g, slightly larger than Jam Session™; ~2.5 cm long and 1.9 cm wide; skin blue, flesh green-amber; completely freestone; for processing; resembles Damson in astringency requiring recipe management, by freezing and thawing the fruit before processing or by blending with a less astringent fruit; ripens in mid-September in Geneva, NY about a week after Stanley.
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