Large, deep purple-red fruit. Rind medium thick, tough. Flesh deep crimson in color, juicy and of a delicious vinous flavor. Seeds not very hard. Better for juicing than for eating out of hand.
Plant is vigorous and productive.
Leading commercial variety in California. University of California, Agricultural Experiment Station. Kampong Publications, 1990. Johns, Leslie and Violet Stevenson, Fruit for the Home and Garden. Angus and Robertson, 1985.