Origin: in Geneva, N.Y., by J.C. Sanford, D.K. Ourecky, and J.E. Reich, New York State Agr. Expt. Sta., Cornell Univ. Hilton × N.Y. 598 (Newburgh × St. Walfried); cross made in 1963; selected in 1966; tested as N.Y. 883; introd. in 1985. U.S. plant patent 5404. Tree: unusually high yield potential; moderate vigor; primocanes usually not numerous; stout; green; glabrous; spines small, basal, green, with darkened tips; floricanes dark brown; some cracking; winter hardy. Susceptible to cane diseases in New York; in British Columbia, shows some resistance to spur blight and moderate susceptibility to cane Botrytis and cane spot; susceptible to pollen transmission of raspberry bushy dwarf and tobacco streak viruses; susceptible to tomato ringspot virus and to root rot; susceptible to the North American aphid vector of the raspberry mosaic virus complex and to the aphid vector of leaf curl virus and to the viruses themselves. Fruit: very large; bright red; long conic; large cavity; firm in New York, but soft in British Columbia; pleasant, mild flavor, early ripening; can be difficult to remove from receptacle and thus not suited to machine harvesting; susceptible to pre-and postharvest rots.
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