A midseason raspberry adapted to cooler conditions in New Zealand. Origin: in Lincoln, New Zealand, by I.K. Lewis, DSIR Crop Research Division. Marcy × Fairview; cross made in 1979; tested as E6; introd in 1986. Tree: yields less than Marcy or Skeena under warmer conditions but higher than either under cooler conditions; small numbers of medium-strength, semi-upright canes; floricanes dark brown with prominent basal spines of moderate length; strongly attached laterals bear 20 to 30 fruit. Very susceptible to raspberry bud moth; may have resistance to infection by pollen transmission of raspberry bushy dwarf virus. Fruit: larger than Marcy; dark red; conic ovate shape; easy to harvest; ripens 12 to 16 days after Marcy.
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