Early season, large-fruited, early high anthocyanin content, and highly productive cranberry. Origin: Rutgers University, NJAES, Chatsworth, NJ, by N. Vorsa. Franklin × Ben Lear; crossed 1988; selected 1998; introd. 2007. USPP 18,911; 10 June 2008. Tree: moderately vigorous stolon production; uprights moderate coarseness; early flowering phenology, 1-2 d before Stevens; appears less fruit-rot susceptible than Ben Lear. Fruit: large, over 2 g in NJ, WI; shiny with bloom around calyx end, otherwise little to no bloom; elliptic, with rounded to slightly pointed stem end, and slightly protruding calyx; total anthocyanins typically 60% higher than Stevens, lower titratable acidity than Stevens.
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