Origin: in Raleigh, N.C., by E.B. Morrow, North Carolina Agr. Expt. Sta., and George M. Darrow, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Introd. in 1952. Weymouth × F-6 (Stanley × Crabbe 4); (Crabbe 4, a native selection from eastern North Carolina); cross made in 1934; selected in 1940; tested as N.C. 246. Tree: vigorous; open; productive; highly resistant to canker; leaf large. Since 1953 not recommended commercially because of dark color, lack of fruit firmness, and finicky reaction to replant soil situations. Fruit: cluster loose; berry size medium; globose; skin dark blue; flesh somewhat soft; flavor and aroma good; dessert quality fair; scar medium; equal in size and color to Weymouth; ripens earlier than Weymouth in eastern North Carolina.
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