Large-flowered shrub or small tree, will reach 15 feet in height. Covered with large white flowers in spring, followed by a crop of red fruits which are very tasty. Named and described by H. J. van de Laar of Holland. - Cornucopia by S. Facciola. 1990. It is an upright shrub or small tree with spreading branches. The young lieaves are broad elliptic, finely saw-toothed, 2 to 3 inches long and 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 wide, bronze colored, essentially without pubescence. They turn glossy dark green in summer and finally purple-bronze in the fall. The pure white flowers average 1 to 1 1/8 inches in diameter and occur 6 to 8 together in a 3 to 5 inch long fleecy raceme that is more or less pendent. The 3/8 to 1/2 inch diameter fruit is bright red, turning pruplish black when ripe. It is tender and sweet. This selection will grow 15 to 20 feet high and is hardy in zone 4. One source indicated this is a hybrid with A. laevis and the other parent unknown. Named in 1980. Several American nurseries are growing this selection; the fall color is brick-red in the Southeast; has been a genuine success in Zone 7b, superb, large, sweet, juicy fruits, excellent leaf spot resistance, essentially free of fire blight.
- Michael Dirr, Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.