An early ripening raspberry adapted to New Zealand. Origin: in Nelson, New Zealand, by H. Hall, Riwaka Res. Center. Marcy × Malling Delight; cross made in 1979 by H.A. Daubeny, Agr. and Agri-Food Canada, Pacific Agr. Res. Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia; Canada, seedlings grown in 1984 and selection made in Lincoln, New Zealand, in 1987; tested as F36; introd. in 1992. Tree: slow to establish with small to medium number of upright canes; floricanes medium red to brown with bloom and basal spines; strongly attached, medium-length laterals with 10 to 20 fruit each. May have resistance to infection by pollen transmission of raspberry bushy dwarf virus. Fruit: medium size; medium red; soft; conic ovate shape; difficult to harvest; season similar to Marcy.
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