Origin: in Puyallup, Wash., by P.P. Moore, T.M. Sjulin, B.H. Barritt, and H.A. Daubeny, Washington State Univ. Meeker × Skeena; cross made by H.A. Daubeny in 1974; selected by B.H. Barritt in 1978; tested as WSU 738, introd. in 1989. Tree: productive; more upright habit than Meeker, but less upright than Skeena; long, strong fruiting laterals; primocanes not numerous; vigorous; pubescent; numerous dark purple, moderately soft spines. Susceptible to spur blight, cane Botrytis, cane spot, infection by pollen transmission of raspberry bushy dwarf virus and the North American aphid vector of the raspberry mosaic virus complex; some resistance to root rot. Not winter hardy in British Columbia, or northern Washington. Fruit: large; long conic shape; bright, glossy, medium red; pleasant, mild flavor; medium firm; suitable for fresh market and processing; separates with some difficulty from receptacle and thus not suited to machine harvesting; ripening season similar to Meeker, several days later than Willamette and Skeena; relatively susceptible to pre-and postharvest rots.
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