Thornless plant with large, firm fruit, productive. Origin: Five Aces Breeding, Oakland, MD by H.J. Swartz, Oakland, MD, and P.E. Vinson, Hernhill, Faversham, Kent, Great Britain. Loch Ness × Sweet Peter; crossed 2008; selected 2010; tested as CPC-1VB; introd. 2013; USPP 25,433; 14 Apr. 2015. Tree: thornless; semi-upright; moderately vigorous; very high yielding, minimum chilling requirement 500 h, cold hardy to-7 C. Fruit: ovate to slightly oblong; very large, 10-24.0 g; shiny black; low acid; high in soluble solids, 9-14%; berry cohesive, firm; ripens last week in July to late August in UK, comparable to Loch Ness; produced commercial quantities of fruit greater than 13 tons per acre on two-year-old potted plants; suitable for premium fresh fruit marketing in commercial temperate zone production areas.
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