Thornless trailing plant with excellent quality very early, large, uniformly shaped and sized, machine harvestable fruit. Origin: USDA-ARS, Corvallis, OR, by C.E. Finn, B.C. Strik, B.M. Yorgey, M.E. Peterson, P.A. Jones, and R.R. Martin. NZ 9629-1 × ORUS 1939-2; crossed 2005; selected 2008; tested as ORUS 3448-1; introd. 2017. USPP 29,367; 12 June 2019. Tree: vigorous; growth habit trailing; thornless with the Lincoln Logan source of thornlessness; yield moderate; less susceptible to UV damage then Marion or Black Diamond; lateral length medium-long; machine harvests easily with clean fruit; not particularly susceptible to septoria leaf spot (Mycosphaerella rubi) and purple blotch (Septocyta ruborum); avoids spotted winged drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) with early ripening; cold hardiness not well tested, but appears hardier then Marion, but less hardy than Black Diamond or Chester Thornless. Fruit: large, 6.3 g; conic; drupelets fairly uniformly sized, shaped and arranged; drupelet fertility excellent, uniform, and rated better than Marion; bright, glossy black; machine harvests easily; fresh fruit flavor very good, sweet; aroma good; sweet-acidic balanced, typical of western blackberries, 13.0 °Brix; pH 3.4; fairly low titratable acidity, 7.9 g·L-1 citric acid, as a processed product rated similar to Marion, Black Diamond, and Columbia Star; texture comparable to Marion and less crunchy than Chester Thornless; earliest ripening thornless cultivar, 10 d before Black Diamond and 14 d before Marion; firm enough to be sold fresh in regional markets.
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