Early season, large-fruited, early high anthocyanin content, exceptional vegetative vigor, highly productive cranberry. Origin: Rutgers University, NJAES, Chatsworth, NJ, by N. Vorsa. Stevens × Ben Lear; crossed 1988; selected 1998, tested as NJS98-23; introd. 2006. USPP 18,252; 27 Nov. 2007. Tree: Fruit: large, over 1.9 g in NJ, WI; shiny with bloom around calyx end, otherwise little to no bloom; elliptic, with rounded to slightly pointed stem end, and rounded calyx end; total anthocyanins typically 50% greater than Stevens. Plant vigorous stolon production; vines moderately coarse; early flowering phenology, 2-3 d before Stevens; fruit-rot susceptibility similar to Ben Lear.
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