Details

• Open-Pollinated: yes
• Type: indeterminate
• Shape: round cherry
• Color: red
• Maturity: 75-80 days
• Size: 1.5-2″ 
• Yield: “extremely productive”
• Taste: “great full flavor”
• Disease Resistance: ?

Notes:

• “originally from the Ben Quisenberry collection”
• “a very old type, tried & true”
• “Ben preferred this variety for canning whole”
• “a favorite for salads and fresh eating”

Sources: (where to buy)

Seed Savers Exchange

Results from My Garden:

• 2011: came down with wilt (V or F) early in the season, but still ended up producing in November
• 2012: the plant went crazy with growth and fruit but they never ripened; still a ton of fruit on it when it was ripped out

SEASON	SOURCE	DATES	SPACING	MATURITY	PLANTS	YIELD PER PLANT		AVG SIZE	DISEASE
2011	SSE	3/8 > 4/1 > 4/21		109 days	1	109	2.5 lbs	0.4 oz	wilt
2012	SSE	2/20 > 4/16 > 5/31		77 days	2	crazy growth with lots of fruit that never ripened
2015