Origin: in Agassiz, British Columbia, Canada, by H. A. Daubeny, Canada Dept. Agr., Res. Sta. Malling Promise × Creston; cross made in 1959, selected in 1962, tested as BC 201; introd. in 1973. Tree: productive; upright, compact habit with short to medium length laterals; numerous sturdy canes; primocanes rosy red; floricanes brown; very few spines; winter hardy. Resistant to the common strain of the North American aphid vector of the raspberry mosaic complex; resistant to both the common strain and a resistancebreaking strain of raspberry bushy dwarf virus; some resistance to spur blight and to root rot; moderately susceptible to cane Botrytis. Fruit: medium size; blunt conic; glossy medium red, sometimes separates with difficulty from receptacle; midseason ripening; fresh market use.
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