Origin: in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, by H.A. Daubeny, Agr. Canada Res. Sta. and T.M. Sjulin, Washington State Univ., Puyallup, and released as germplasm BC 72-1-7; Haida × Canby; cross made in 1972; selected in 1975; introd. in 1989 by Hugh Daubeny and A. Dale, Hort. Res. Inst. Ontario, Simcoe. Tree: productive, upright; compact habit with medium length laterals, short internodes; primocanes numerous; glabrous, nonwaxy; relatively few spines; floricanes have basal cracking; winter hardy in the Pacific Northwest, Ontario, Nova Scotia, and Denmark; shows low chilling requirement in New Zealand. Homozygous for gene Ag1 for resistance to the common strain of the North American aphid vector of the raspberry mosaic virus complex; slow to become infected by pollen transmission of raspberry bushy dwarf virus; moderately susceptible to cane Botrytis; some resistance to spur blight and to root rot. Fruit: medium size; bright, nondarkening red; may separate with difficulty from receptacle in some environments; medium firmness; some resistance to postharvest rot caused by Rhizopus spp.
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