A large-fruited raspberry probably best suited to home gardens and pick-your-own in Britain. Origin: in Invergowrie, Scotland, by R.J. McNicol and D.L. Jennings, Scottish Crop Res. Inst. Complex parentage with no named cultivar in its pedigree for four generations; cross made in 1980; tested as SCRI 8044C9; introd. in 1994. Worldwide marketing rights held by NSA Plants, East Malling, Kent, U.K. Tree: moderate yield; spine-free; canes relatively upright, strong, vigorous. Susceptible to midge blight; gene A1 gives resistance to two strains of the European aphid vector of the raspberry mosaic virus complex; susceptible to infection by pollen transmission of raspberry bushy dwarf virus. Fruit: slightly pale; firm; fleshy; slightly weak skin prone to wind rub; not adapted to machine harvest; moderate flavor.
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