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Orig. in Puyallup, Wash., by C.D. Schwartze, Washington State Univ. Cuthbert x Lloyd George; selected in 1935; introd. in 1938. Fruit: medium size; bright medium red; sweet flavor, fresh and processing use; midseason ripening. Plant: moderately productive; moderately vigorous; strong laterals. Apparently resistant to the common strain of the North Ameri-can aphid vector of the raspberry mosaic virus complex; susceptible to western yellow rust and to root rot.Canes pubescent, non glaucous, not branched; prickles many, straight, short, stiff, color at base and tip purple, base slightly raised, elongated, conspicuous; leaves ternate and quinate, decidedly plicate, slightly folded with tendency to V fold, termanil leaflets long, oval; apex long, acuminate; serrations dull, moderately coarse, moderately deep; basal leaflets serrations dull, moderately coarse, moderately deep; basal leaflets stalked, slightly to no overlapping; length/width ratio 2 or nearly so.Outstanding characteristics: Pubescent canes; many perple prickles; decidedly plicate leaves wit tendency to V fold; stalked basal leaflets; length/width ratio 2 or nearly so.Canes pubescent, non glaucous, not branched; prickles many, short, supple, color at base and tip purple, base round, conspicuous; leaves predominantly quinate; strongly plicate, U to saucer folded, terminal leaflets on quinate leaves obovate; on ternate leaves ovate and lobed; apex medium in length, acute; serrations dull, coarse, shallow, irregular; basal leaflets sessile, slight to no over lapping; length/width ratio less than 2.Outstanding characteristics: Pubescent canes, many short, supple, purple prickles; strongly picate leaves with U to saucer fold; little to no overlapping of basal leaflets; terminal leaflets on ternate leaves lobed; serrations dull, coarse.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 the state of Washington
NAMED FOR= State of Washington, where it was developed