A high-yielding, midseason raspberry producing large, firm fruit with a good shelf life. Origin: in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, by HA. Daubeny, Agr. and Agri-Food Canada, Pacific Agr. Res. Centre. Glen Moy × Chilliwack; cross made in 1983; selected in 1986; tested as BC 83-16-50; introd in 1995. Propagated under a royalty agreement by Sieglin Ent., Abbotsford, British Columbia. Tree: vigorous, upright habit; primocanes fairly numerous, light rosy-red color with dark purple spines mostly at base; floricanes light brown with gray overlay and basal cracking; long, strongly attached laterals tend to droop; fruit spaced well apart along laterals; winter hardiness appears adequate in the Pacific Northwest. Some resistance to spur blight; resistant to powdery mildew; susceptible to cane Botrytis and cane spot; susceptible to Phytophthora-incited root rot in greenhouse screening test; susceptible to infection by pollen transmission of raspberry bushy dwarf virus; resistant to the common strain of the North American aphid vector of the raspberry mosaic virus complex. Fruit: large; conic; medium red, slightly less glossy than Chilliwack; easily removed from the receptacle; can be machine-harvested; relatively high soluble solids; pleasant fresh flavor; some resistance to pre-and postharvest fruit rots; fresh market and processing, including individual quick freeze.
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