A very late-ripening raspberry suited to fresh-market use. Origin: Pacific Agriculture Research Centre, Agassiz, B.C., Canada, by H.A. Daubeny and C. Kempler. Comox × East Malling 3909/4, a fourth backcross derivative of Rubus crataegifolius; cross made in 1985; selected in 1988; tested as BC 85-18-16; introd. in 1998. Tree: high yield; moderate numbers of canes; spines general but not objectionable; winter hardiness similar to Meeker and less than Chilliwack. Relatively susceptible to spur blight (Didymella applanata) and cane Botrytis; susceptible to Phytophthora fragariae var. rubi in greenhouse screening test; susceptible to natural infection by raspberry bushy dwarf virus, but rate of infection appears to be slow; resistant to the common strain of the North American aphid vector (Amphorophora agathonica) of the raspberry mosaic virus complex. Fruit: medium size; glossy medium red; relatively small drupelet; very firm; easy to harvest; good flavor; some resistance to both pre-and postharvest Botrytis-incited rots; extended season, ripening later than Tulameen with an overlap in some years with early primocane-fruiting varieties.
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