An early ripening, primocane-fruiting raspberry released for eastern Canada. Origin: in East Malling, Kent, U.K., by V.H. Knight, E. Keep, and J.H. Parker, Hort. Res. Intl. Sibling of Autumn Bliss, with complex derivation involving several red raspberry varieties and Rubus arcticus, R. strigosus, and R. occidentalis; tested as EM 3676/6; introd. in 1995. Plant variety rights held by Ontario Berry Growers Assn. and Hort. Res. Intl. Tree: yields similar to or slightly higher than Autumn Bliss; canes not as erect as Autumn Bliss; some spines. Susceptible to infection by pollen transmission of raspberry bushy dwarf virus; gene A10 gives resistance to the four known strains of the European aphid vector of the raspberry mosaic virus complex. Fruit: large; medium to dark red; firm; at times more uniform than Autumn Bliss; usually ripens a few days after Autumn Bliss; can be difficult to harvest in British Columbia but not in Ontario.
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