Origin: in Raleigh, N.C., by the North Carolina Agr. Expt. Sta. and the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Introd. in 1954. Weymouth × F-6 (Stanley × Crabbe 4), being of the same parentage as Angola, Wolcott, and Murphy; cross made in 1934 by F.V. Coville; tested as N. C. 257. Tree: resistant but not immune to canker; more resistant to bud mite than Wolcott, Murphy, and Weymouth; vigorous; precocious; productive; dense leaf cover. Since 1960 considered a standard variety of North Carolina. For many years, it has accounted for more than half the blueberry acreage in North Carolina. Fruit: ripens later than Angola and Wolcott but before Murphy; clusters long, fairly loose, attractive, slightly larger than those of Angola, Wolcott, Weymouth, and Murphy; berry medium to large, globose; scar excellent; flesh medium firm, aromatic, sweet to subacid depending on degree of ripeness; good dessert quality; may produce 1 1/2 to 2 times the yield of Wolcott and Murphy; tends to ripen quickly in some seasons and must be picked on a shorter schedule for best results.
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