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Canes glabrous, slightly glaucous, slightly branched; prickles many, straight, short, stiff, color at base and tip purple, base slightly raised, elongated, conspicuous; leaves ternate and quinate, moderately plicate, flat, terminal leaflets oval; apex medium in length, acute; serrations dull, coarse, moderately deep, irregular; basal leaflets sessile or nearly so, pronounced over lapping; length/width ratio less than 2.Outstanding characteristics: Many short purple prickles; terminal leaflets on ternate leaves often lobed; pronounced overlapping of basal leaflets.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.