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Type = American Hybrid. Per Bushburg Catalogue (see citation): "Vine vigorous, healthy, and prolific if planted near some other varieties that blossom at the same time, to be fertilized. Bunch of medium size, compact, shouldered; berry reddish black with blue bloom, round, somewhat flattened. In this respect resembling its native parent; flesh tender and sweet, with a high aromatic flavor. Ripens early, with Concord." Per Hedrick (see citation): "Vine vigorous, not always hardy, produces good crops. Leaves medium to above in size, irregularly roundish. Flowers sterile or nearly so, open in mid-season or slightly later. Fruit ripens about with Concord or slightly later, an excellent keeper, in good condition some season until February. Clusters medium to nearly large, broad with a rather small, short, single shoulder, usually compact. Berries large to above medium, roundish to oval, frequently compressed, dark purplish-black, covered with abundant blue bloom, not firm. Flesh moderately tender and soft, vinous, sweet next to the skin to acid at center, agreeable in flavor, good to very good in quality."