Origin: in El Monte, Calif., by Howard G. Benedict. Introd. in 1937. Said to have been a seedling of Young but thought by many to be a chimera of Boysen, which it resembles; discovered before 1936. Tree: trailing (dewberry type); production and habit almost if not identical with Boysen. Fruit: diameter greater than Boysen; many claim the berry is sweeter than Boysen; about 9 drupelets around the core at the calyx end instead of 10 or usually 11 as in Boysen; drupelets larger than those of Boysen; drupelets not acute; base of style usually set in a depression.
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