A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen shrub. It grows 0.1-0.5m high.
Origin: in Whitesbog, N.J., by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Introd. in 1961. Prolific × McFarlin; cross made in 1930 by H.F. Bain, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture; selected by F.B. Chandler and I.E. Demoranville, Cranberry Sta., Massachusetts Agr. Expt. Sta., East Wareham; tested as Mass. 17 in East Wareham. Tree: prolific bearer, greater than Early Black or Howes, particularly on peat bottom land; medium number of runners; uprights medium to long; resistant to feeding by the leafhopper that spreads false blossom virus. Fruit: large with cup count 43-66; long oval; skin purplish-red with yellow undercolor, bloom present; keeping quality good; fruit rot no more than Early Black or Howes; ripens late.
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