A high yielding, multi-purpose floricane fruiting red raspberry adapted to New Zealand. Origin: HortResearch Centre, Motueka, N.Z., by H. Hall. Waimea × Lewis; cross made 1990; tested as HR59; patented. Tree: vigorous; basal spines on canes which are not quite as upright as Skeena. Appears to escape raspberry bushy dwarf virus. Fruit: large size maintained throughout season; firm; light to medium red; releases almost as easily from receptacle as Skeena and is suitable for machine harvest; late ripening; suitable for fresh market and for processing.
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