An extremely early ripening trailing blackberry with excellent shipping and fresh market characteristics. Origin: United States Depar™ent of Agriculture –Agricultural Research Service in Corvallis, Ore., by Chad E. Finn, Brian M. Yorgey, Bernadine C. Strik, and Robert R. Martin. Douglass × Kotata; cross made in 1994; selected in 1997; tested as ORUS 1452-1; introd. in 2005. Tree: trailing canes; very thorny; less vigorous than Obsidian and Marion; very stiff laterals that present fruit well for hand picking but can break during machine harvest, similar yield to Marion in Oregon but less in Washington; machine harvests well; 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 is unknown and difficult to predict as Douglass is 8x and Kotata is 7x. Fruit: medium, 5.6 g; attractive and glossy; conical with a very uniform drupelet arrangement; excellent firmness; very good flavor; can be picked firm black with good flavor; ripens with Obsidian blackberry and Willamette red raspberry, peaking 4-5 d ahead of Siskiyou and 2 to 4 weeks earlier than all erect and semi-erect blackberries; machine harvests well.
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