Origin: in College Station, Texas, by J. Benton Storey, Texas Agr. Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1959. Second-generation selection resulting from Lawton × Nessberry; selected in 1950; 4n = 28 chromosomes; Nessberry is an amphidiploid second-generation selection from a cross between a wild dewberry and Brilliant red raspberry (Rubus rubrisetus × R. strigosus). Tree: displays greater vigor and less evidence of disease than Humble and Lawton; canes erect. Fruit: large, with size maintained longer during harvest than Lawton; matures early, earlier than these two varieties; harvest season as long as that of Lawton but longer than that of Humble; attractive; for fresh market; outyields Humble and Lawton.
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