A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous shrub. It grows 1.5-2.5m high.
Origin: in Invergowrie, Scotland by D.L. Jennings, Scottish Crop Res. Inst. SCRI 6531/84 × SCRI 6549/1; cross made in 1968: selected in 1976; tested as 6820/54 (parentage includes Rubus occidentalis, Malling Jewel, Burnetholm, Lloyd George, Malling Landmark); cross made in 1968; sleeted in 1976; introd. in 1981. Marketing rights held by Plant Breeding Intl., Cambridge, U.K. Tree: productive, moderate vigor; erect, spine-free, subglabrous canes; moderately winter hardy. Susceptible to cane midge; susceptible to infection by pollen transmission of raspberry bushy dwarf virus; gene Al gives resistance to two strains of the European aphid vector of the raspberry mosaic virus complex. Fruit: medium large; medium red; very firm; easy fruit abscission; mid to late season ripening; good flavor.
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