Fairfax (Black, Black Hornet, Cummerbund, Grandview, all are apparently similar to or identical to Fairfax)

Orig. in Glenn Dale, Md., by George M. Darrow, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Introd. in 1933. Royal Sovereign × Howard 17; cross made in 1923; selected in 1925. <b>Fruit:</b> size medium; wedge to short blunt conic; skin quite bright red, turning dark if not picked and marketed promptly when first ripening; flesh deep red, mildly subacid; excellent dessert quality; ripens in early midseason. <b>Plant:</b> runner production moderate; resistant to leaf spots and leaf scorch, sensitive to virus diseases; especially productive when late-season runners are removed; grown from southern New England to Maryland and westward to Kansas.