Orig. in Weymouth, N.J., by F.V. Coville and O.M. Freeman, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) and the New Jersey Agr. Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1952. Stanley × Weymouth; cross made in 1936 by Coville and Freeman; seedling raised in Weymouth, and selection made in 1943 by J.H. Clarke (then of the New Jersey station), E.M. Meader (New Hampshire Agr. Expt. Sta.), and George M. Darrow (USDA); tested as US 15-121. <b>Fruit:</b> duster size medium, loose; berries large, oblate; skin light blue; flesh very firm, subacid, flavor good, resistant to cracking, moderately aromatic, dessert quality good; scar good; season very early with or before Weymouth. <b>Bush:</b> hardy; upright; vigorous; well-shaped; productive; a fine early variety for Maryland northward.