A late-ripening, productive floricane-fruiting raspberry with high quality fruit and compact growth habit; it introduces a new source of the North American red raspberry into the raspberry gene pool. Origin: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Pacific Agriculture Research Centre, Agassiz, B.C., Canada, by C. Kempler and H.A. Daubeny. BC 86-41-15 × BC 83-15-15 (BC 86-41-15 is a third generation derivative of a selection of Rubus strigosus made from a wild population at Dalhousie Lake, Quebec; crossed 1990; selected 1994; tested as 90-6-2; introd. 2007. Tree: relatively short canes; few spines on top portion; less winter hardy than Meeker; resistant to the common strain of A. agathonica; susceptible to RBDV; susceptible to root rot. Fruit: very large; glossy dark red; round; firm; thick-appearing drupelet; pleasant flavor; long harvest season; easily removed from receptacle; adapted to machine harvest; not suitable for IQF.
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