A high yielding floricane fruiting raspberry with excellent fruit qualities suited to both the fresh market and processing markets. Origin: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Pacific Agriculture Research Centre, Agassiz, B.C., Canada, by Chaim Kempler and Hugh A. Daubeny. BC 82-5-161 (Algonquin × Chilliwack) × BC 80-28-50 (Nootka × Glen Prosen); cross made in 1989 by HAD; selected in 1992 by HAD; tested as BC 89-34-41; introd. in 2005. Tree: flowers a few days earlier than Meeker and same time as Tulameen; very even bud break; productive; canes gray to light brown and darker than Meeker; top of cane is spine free and lower 40 cm portion has a few light grey spines; short laterals that bend easily without breaking; resistant to the common strain of the North American aphid vector of raspberry mosaic virus; susceptible to RBDV but slow to become infected in the field; reaction to root rot unknown; similar susceptibility to cane spot and cane Botrytis as Meeker and Tulameen; lower susceptibility to spur blight (Didymella applanata) than Meeker, Tulameen and Willamette, each of which is susceptible. Fruit: medium size; medium glossy red; firm with even drupelets; pleasant sweet flavor comparable to Tulameen; easily removed from receptacle; mid-season ripening.
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