Origin: in Puyallup, Wash., by C.D. Schwartze, Western Washington Res. and Ext. Center, Washington State Univ. Willamette × Cuthbert; cross made in 1950; selected in 1953; tested as WSU 408; introd. in 1967. Tree: productive; tall; vigorous canes with pale pink spines; long laterals; only moderately winter hardy in the Pacific Northwest. Susceptible to infection by pollen transmission of raspberry bushy dwarf virus; susceptible to the North American aphid vector of the raspberry mosaic virus complex; susceptible to spur blight; resistant to cane Botrytis; some field resistance to root rot. Fruit: medium size; medium red; firm, midseason ripening; good flavor; processing use.
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