Narrative
Algonquin. -Orig. in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, by H.A. Daubeny, Agr. Canada Res. Sta. and T.M. Sjulin, Washington State Univ., Puyallup, and released as germplasm BC 72-1-7; Haida x Canby; cross made in 1972; selected in 1975; introd. in 1989 by Hugh Daubeny and A. Dale, Hort. Res. Inst. Ontario, Simcoe. Fruit: medium size; bright, nondarkening red; may separate with difficulty from receptacle in some environments; medium firmness; some resistance to postharvest rot caused by Rhizopus spp. Plant: productive, upright; compact habit with medium length laterals, short internodes; primocanes numerous; glabrous, nonwaxy; relatively few spines; floricanes have basal cracking; winter hardy in the Pacific Northwest, Ontario, Nova Scotia, and Denmark; shows low chilling requirement in New Zealand. Homozygous for gene Ag1 for resistance to the common strain of the North American aphid vector of the raspberry mosaic virus complex; slow to become infected by pollen transmission of raspberry bushy dwarf virus; moderately susceptible to cane Botrytis; some resistance to spur blight and to root rot.ALGONQUIN (1989) - raspberry - Refers to a group of community of First Nations People in western Ontario and adjacent Quebec, centering on the Ottawa River and its tributaries. Algonquin Park, the oldest provincial park in Ontario, is located 210 km north of Ontario. The name is appropriate as the cultivar performs particularly well in Ontario and is winter hardy.A unique feature of the 'Algonquin' cultivar is its homozygosity for resistance to the common strain of Amphorophora agathonica, the North American aphid vector of the raspberry mosaic virus complex. Since resistance is based on a single gene pair, the use of 'Algonquin' in breeding programmes gives non-segregating progenies.
Hugh Daubeny and Tom M. Sjulin cultivar release cross made in 1972, selected in 1975, released as BC 72-1-7 in 1984, cultivar named in 1989.
Cultivar Synonym= Tested as BC-72-1-7
WHY NAMED= Not adapted to BC but was adapted to Ontario
NAMED FOR= Algonquin Native People of Ontario