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No information is available as to the origin of this variety except that it is an old sort, probably first having been grown in England early in the last century (ca. 1810). Brought to the United States at about 1825, it was listed by the American Pomological Society from 1852 to 1871. (The Small Fruits of New York, by U.P. Hedrick, 1925)Plants medium in size, vigorous, upright-spreading, dense, productive healthy; young shoots medium in stockiness and number, dull reddish brown overspread with gray scarfskin; prickles thick, unusually strong, medium in length, thickened at the base 1- 3, often in triplets; leaf-buds small, short, conical, lean, semi-free, leaves numerous, small, cordate, with obovate lobes, medium in thickness and color, glossy, with hairy crenate margins, petiole short, medium in thickness, pubescent, with very few glands near the base.Flowers midseason, medium in size, single; pedicels medium in thickness and length, pubescent; calyx-tube gree, slightly pubescent; calyx-lobes medium in length, width and thickness; pubescent, green-tinged with red; ovary pubescent, with small reddish glands.Fruit late; variable in size, averaging medium to above, roundish oval to long-oval, pale silvery green changing to a delicate pale red, showing faint reddish lines and light-colored flecks; skin with rather long, stiff hairs, slightly glaucous, thin, tough; flesh yellowish green, with tinge of red, juicy, firm, sprightly, good quality.