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Orig. in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, by Canada Dept. Agr., Res. Sta. Ottawa x Madawaska; selected in 1943; tested as Ottawa 383; introd. in 1954. Fruit: large; red; conic; moderately firm, quality fair; matures 2 to 3 days before Latham. Plant: medium spines; tall, stout; hardy; productive.Canes stocky, glabrous, strongly glaucous, not branched; prickles many, straight, short, stiff, color at base tinged to red, color at tip red, base much raised, elongated, conspicuous; leaves ternate, terminal leaflet very large, broad, cordate, often trilobed, smooth to slightly plicate, flat; apex long acuminate; serrations dull, coarse, moderately deep; basal leaflets sessile, slightly overlapping; length/width ratio less than 2.Outstanding characteristics: Stocky canes; very large, broad, flat, cordate leaves/ many reddish prickles.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.
Cultivar Synonym= Tested as Ottawa 383