A highbush cultivar with improved sweetness, firmness, and flavor. Origin: released by the USDA and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station in 2000. Tested as G-805 and ARS 95-4. From the cross G-136 × G-358. One grandparent was a colchicine-doubled plant of V. atrococcum selected from the wild in New Jersey. Seedling was selected and evaluated in New Jersey. Tree: upright bush with pink-tinged flowers. In New Jersey, yields average 60 to 70% of Duke and Bluecrop. Fruit: ripens at the same time as Duke. Sweet, subacid, and mild-flavored. Medium to large, medium to light blue, good scar and excellent firmness.
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