Origin: in Keerweder, Franschhoek, South Africa, on the farm of P.K. Siebritz by C.J. Coetzee. Introd. and named in 1965. Barlinka × Alphonse Lavallee; cross made in 1955. Cluster: medium; pyramidal; compact to very compact, requiring berry thinning; resembling Alphonse Lavallee; peduncle reddish. Berry: weight 63.5 per lb, smaller than Barlinka; ovoid truncate to oblong, with apical grooves; skin black, purplish bloom, resistant to splitting; flesh greenish, firm, attractive; flavor more acid than parents; ripens in early March in Keerweder, between season of parents; subject to sunburn when exposed. Tree: Fruit:
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