Origin: in Fresno, Calif., by Elmer Snyder and Frank N. Harmon, U.S. Hort. Field Sta. Introd. in 1951. (Damas Rose × Black Monukka) × Ribier (Alphonse Lavallee); cross made in 1941; first fruited in 1944; selected in 1944. Cluster: large; conical; well-filled but not usually compact unless girdled. Berry: large; high quality; skin jet black with a light grayish bloom, very attractive appearance; because of skin tenderness, better adapted to local markets than to distant ones; ripens in early midseason; a table grape for V. vinifera table-grape areas. Tree: Fruit:
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