Tree

Very tall, bushy plants, growing 3-4', sometimes much taller. Numerous spines and prickles. Greenish-purple main stem and pedicels, green leaves. Purple flowers born in clusters of 1-4. Purple, elongate fruit with a bulbous end, born singly. Fruit becomes yellow-brown at seed maturity. Market mature fruit average 7.4" long, 3.6" wide and 1 lb. Low fruit set. Mid-season maturing. This variety is a reasonable phenotypic match to Prolific Tree and Excelsior Tree, released by John Lewis Childs and Maule's seed companies in 1902, being slightly smaller and later maturing than described in the catalogs. SSE received this variety from Jeremiath Gettle (MO GE J) who obtained it from Chris Inhulsen (GA IN C). SSE Accession # 109658