Origin: in Champaign, Ill., by H.L. Boll. Selected in 1971 from a single plant of Rubus phoenicolasius of unknown origin; introd. in 1973. Tree: low to medium productivity; vigorous, producing up to 22 canes per plant per year up to 7/8 inch in diam. and 18 ft in length; canes arching, covered with bright red hairs and a medium number of short orange prickles; leaves whitish tomentose underneath. Resistant to leaf spot. Fruit: medium size. hemispheric, bright medium red, leaving inside of sepals and receptacle a beautiful orange when picked, glossy, attractive; flesh slightly soft, sweet if allowed to mature on plant; ripens late in Michigan, about 20 July.
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