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Orig. in Corvallis, Ore., by F.J. Lawrence, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture-Agr. Res. Serv. and Oregon State Univ. and Washington State Univ. ORUS 1838 (Fallred x ORUS 1347) x ORUS 1842 (NY 600 x OR 1347) (ORUS 1347 is a very late primocane fruiting selection with firm, attractive fruit with a pedigree involving Newburgh, Washington, and Willamette.); selected in 1976; tested as ORUS 2033; introd. in 1989. Fruit: small to medium; medium red; firm; round; produced on primocanes in August; ripens 10 to 14 days earlier than Heritage in the Pacific Northwest; reasonably easy separation from receptacle; good fresh-market and processing qualities. Plant: high yield; primocanes vigorous, nonpubescent, waxy; a few scattered purple spines; fruiting laterals strong and medium long. Resistant to root rot; susceptible to infection by pollen transmission of raspberry bushy dwarf virus and to the North American aphid vector of the raspberry mosaic virus complex.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.
Francis J. Lawrence cultivar release named for the town of Summit, Oregon
Cultivar Synonym= Tested as ORUS 2033
WHY NAMED= Outstanding disease resistance
NAMED FOR= for Summit, Oregon, a small town