A high-yielding, floricane-fruiting red raspberry adapted to the processing and fresh market Origin: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Pacific Agri-Food Research Center, Agassiz, BC, Canada, by C. Kempler and H.A. Daubeny. BC 86-41-15 × Qualicum; BC 86-41-15 is a 3rd generation Rubus strigosus derivative selected from a wild population at Dalhousie Lake, Quebec; crossed 1990; selected 1994; tested as BC 90-4-23; introd. 2009. Canadian PBR 4,114. 17 Aug. 2011. Tree: floricanes are straight, strong, and thinner than those of Tulameen and Chemainus, similar to Saanich and Meeker; long and strong laterals with fruit that is spread on laterals; canes light red-brown with no basal cracking; spines are 3 mm long, downward pointing, no basal spot; resistant to North American large raspberry aphid (A. agathonica); susceptible to RBDV; some resistance to root rot; moderately susceptible to spur blight, (Didymella applanata), cane botrytis (Botrytis cinerea), and anthracnose (Elsinoe veneta). Fruit: large; firm; medium to dark red; medium drupelets; conical; excellent appearance; high gloss; machine harvests very well; suited for processing and early fresh market; ripens early.
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