A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous shrub. It grows 1.5-2.5m high.
A very high-yielding, lateripening raspberry. Origin: in Invergowrie, Scotland, by R.J. McNicol and D.L. Jennings, Scottish Crop Res. Inst. Meeker × SCRI 7719B11; cross made in 1980; tested as SCRI 8032A3; introd. in 1994. Worldwide marketing rights held by NSA Plants, East Malling, Kent, U.K. Tree: upright, vigorous canes with few spines. Gene A1 gives resistance to two strains of the European aphid vector of the raspberry mosaic virus complex; gene Bu gives resistance to raspberry bushy dwarf virus. Fruit: very large; deep red color; long conic shape; medium firm; excellent uniform appearance; removal from receptacle may not be sufficiently easy in some environments for machine harvest; excellent flavor with similarities to Meeker and Glen Moy; fresh market and processing, especially freezing.
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