A thornless, trailing blackberry, that can be machine harvested with excellent processing quality. Origin: United States Depar™ent of Agriculture –Agricultural Research Service, in Corvallis, Ore., by Chad E. Finn, Brian M. Yorgey, Bernadine C. Strik, Robert R. Martin and Michael Qian. ORUS 1122-1 × ORUS 1117-11; cross made in 1993; selected in 1995; tested as ORUS 1380-1; introd. in 2005. Tree: trailing canes; thornlessness from Austin Thornless; healthy but less vigorous than Marion; productive, comparable yield to Marion; well suited to machine harvest; not particularly susceptible to Septoria leaf spot and purple blotch; no vegetative or fruit symptoms of cane or leaf rust; no significant winter injury has been experienced but hardiness has not been well tested; has survived-8 °C in northern Washington while Marion was severely damaged; ploidy, 2n=9x=63 as estimated by flow cytometry. Fruit: medium, 6.2 g; long conic with a blunt tip; drupelet arrangement is uneven, similar to Marion; too soft for fresh market but firm enough for very good machine harvest quality; excellent flavor; soluble solids and titratable acidity comparable to Marion and greater than Chester Thornless; as an IQF fruit ranked higher than Marion for color, seediness and appearance and similar for flavor and overall quality; as a puree, ranked similar to Marion for aroma, flavor, color, and overall quality; ripens in midseason with the harvest nearly identical to Marion.
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