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, and Robert R. Martin. Marion × Waldo; cross made in 1993; selected in 1996; tested as ORUS 1486-2; introd. in 2005. Tree: trailing canes; thornlessness originally from Austin Thornless; vigorous, similar to Marion; very productive, comparable to or greater than Marion; ripens in mid-season, nearly identical 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 on this genotype in Oregon, however in northern Washington when temperatures dropped to-8 °C it and Marion were severely damaged; ploidy presumed to be 2n=6x=42 based on parentage. Fruit: medium, 6.2 g; conic with a more uniform drupelet arrangement than Marion; medium firmness, firmer than Marion; excellent machine harvest fruit quality; as an IQF fruit ranked similar to Marion for color, seediness, appearance, overall quality, but poorer for flavor; as a puree, ranked similar to Marion for aroma, flavor, color, and overall quality and lower for flavor; very good flavor but tart; ripens in midseason with the harvest season identical to Marion in Oregon and two days later in Washington.
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