A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous tree. It grows 2.5-4m high.
Origin: in Vineland Station, Ont., Canada, by G.H. Dickson, G.W. Eaton, C.D. Whitty, and G. Tehrani, Ontario Dept. Agr., Hort. Res. Inst. Introd. in 1967. Imperial Epineuse × Grand Duke; selected in 1938; tested as V33021. Tree: vigorous; productive; foliage dark. Fruit: European; medium large, diam. 20 mm, length 41 mm; suture moderate; skin dark purple, speckled, attractive; flesh prune type, greenish-gold; semi-freestone; ripens 24 Sept. in Ontario, with Italian Prune or just ahead of it; recommended as fresh fruit variety.
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