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Type = Cherry. Per Hedrick (see citation): Early ripening, high-quality fruit. Introduced by H. T. Harris of Stamford, Kentucky. Parentage unknown, but most likely a Mr. Dyehouse of Lincoln County, Kentucky, developed the tree from a pit. Added to the American Pomological Society's fruit list in 1897. Tree small, vigorous, spreading, drooping branchlets, dense, round-topped, productive; Leaves numerous, three inches long, 1.5 inches wide, slightly folded upward, obovate to long-oval; upper surface very dark green, smooth; lower surface light green, with a few hairs along the midrib; apex acute, base variable in shape; margin finely serrate, with small, dark glands; petiole 1/2 inch long, tinged with dull red, with a few hairs along the grooved upper surface, with from 1 to 3 small, globose, greenish-yellow glands at the base of the blade. Buds small, short, obtuse, plump, free, arranged singly and in clusters on short spurs; leaf scars prominent; flowers 1 inch across, white, dense but well-distributed clusters, usually at the ends of spur-like branches; pedicels 1.5 inches long, glabrous, greenish; calyx-tube green, obconic, glabrous; calyx-lobes tinged with red, serrate, glabrous within and without, reflexed; petals roundish-obovate, entire, almost sessile, with entire apex; filaments 1/4 inch long; pistil glabrous nearly equal to the stamens in length. Fruit matures early; more than 1/2 inch in diameter, oblate, slightly compressed; cavity of medium depth, narrow, abrupt, regular; suture indistinct; apex flattened, with a small depression at the center; color dark red; dots numerous, small, obscure; stem 1 inch long, adhering to the pulp; skin thin, tough; flesh light yellowish-white, with pinkish juice, tender, sprightly, tart; of very good quality; stone nearly free, ovate, slightly flattened, with smooth surfaces; somewhat ridged along the ventral suture.