Origin: in St. Paul, Minn., by J. Luby, E. Hoover, D. Bedford, S. Munson, W. Gray, D. Wilding, and C. Stushnoff, Dept. of Hort. Sci. and Landscape Architecture, Univ. of Minnesota. Heritage × Fall Red; cross made in 1969; selected in 1972; tested as MN 629; introd. in 1987. Tree: yields usually lower than Heritage; primocanes vigorous; moderate numbers; stout; green with light red overlay; moderately dense; light red to pink canes; short, purple spines. Susceptible to the North American aphid vector of the raspberry mosaic virus complex; susceptible to cane spot. Fruit: size and color similar to Heritage in Minnesota, but color lighter and brighter in British Columbia; firmness slightly less than Heritage; flavor similar or slightly inferior to Heritage; produced on primocanes in August; ripens 10 to 14 days earlier than Heritage in Minnesota; season similar to Heritage in British Columbia
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