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Orig. in Geneva, N.Y., by G.L. Slate, New York State Agr. Expt. Sta. Dundee (black raspberry) x Newburgh (red raspberry); cross made in 1927; introd. in 1935. Fruit: large; firm, purple; sprightly, good quality. Plant: vigorous; productive; winter hardy; more resistant to drought than Columbian. Susceptible to verticillium wilt.Canes glabrous, exceptionally glaucous, vigorous, much branched; prickles few, straight, medium in length, spiny, color at base tinged, color at tip green to tinged, base decidedly raised, elongated, conspicuous; leaves mostly ternate, smooth to slightly plicate, flat to reflex folded, terminal leaflet ovate; apex medium in length, acute; serrations dull, coarse, exceptionally shallow; basal leaflets sessile, half stalked, slightly overlapping; length/width ratio less than 2.Outstanding characteristics: Vigorous, exceptionally glaucous canes with considerable branching; leaflets half stalked; shallow serrations.Roberts, O.C. and A. S. Colby. 1957. Red and purple raspberries: their idendification from plant primocanes. University of Massachusetts Agri. Expt. Sta. Bul. 523. 27 pp.
named for Sodus, New York