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 | |
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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 | |||||||||