Origin: in New Brunswick, N.J., by New Jersey Agr. Expt. Sta. and U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Beltsville, Md. Introd. in 1968. No. 3 (North Sedgwick lowbush × Coville) × Earliblue; cross made in 1947 by G.M. Darrow; selected in 1952 by G.M. Darrow, D.H. Scott, and L.F. Hough, of the above stations. Tree: short, compactspreading; vigor medium; consistently productive; more resistant to spring frosts than Weymouth. Fruit: size medium; skin light blue; flesh firm; broad stem scars; more flavor than Weymouth; ripens early, with Weymouth.
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