A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous shrub. It grows 0.5-1m high.
Origin: in Weymouth, N.J., by F.V. Coville and George M. Darrow, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, and Franklin A. Gilbert, New Jersey Agr. Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1949. Stanley × GS-149 Gersey × Pioneer); cross made in 1932; selected in 1938. Tree: productive; easy to propagate. Fruit: cluster loose; berry very large; oblate; skin very light blue, very attractive; flesh firm, aroma slight, slightly subacid; dessert quality medium; not subject to cracking; stores well; scar very good; ripens late midseason, about 1 week after Stanley and 1 week before Jersey.
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