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Title: 'Saanich' Red Raspberry

Author
item KEMPLER, C - AGRICULTURE AGRIFOOD CAN
item DAUBENY, H - AGRICULTURE AGRIFOOD CAN
item HARDING, B - AGRICULTURE AGRIFOOD CAN
item BAUMANN, T - COLLEGE OF FRASER VALLEY
item Finn, Chad
item MOORE, P - WASHINGTON STASTE UNIV
item SWEENEY, M - BC MINISTRY AGRI & LANDS
item WALTERS, T - WASHINGTON STATE UNIV

Submitted to: HortScience
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 9/4/2006
Publication Date: 2/1/2007
Citation: Kempler, C., Daubeny, H.A., Harding, B., Baumann, T., Finn, C.E., Moore, P.P., Sweeney, M., Walters, T. 2007. 'Saanich' red raspberry. HortScience. 42:176-178.

Interpretive Summary: 'Saanich' is a new floricane-fruiting red raspberry (Rubus idaeus) cultivar from the breeding program at the Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre (PARC) of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Agassiz, British Columbia. 'Saanich' produces a very high yield of medium-sized, firm, sweet fruit that are suited to machine harvesting and that can be individually quick frozen (IQF) very well. ‘Saanich’ is well adapted for the processing and fresh markets. It is resistant to the common strain of the North American raspberry aphid, a vector of the Raspberry mosaic virus (RMV) complex. This cultivar will have a significant impact on the commercial red raspberry industry in the Pacific Northwest as it is already being widely planted.

Technical Abstract: 'Saanich' is a new floricane-fruiting red raspberry (Rubus idaeus) cultivar from the breeding program at the Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre (PARC) of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Agassiz, British Columbia. 'Saanich', tested as BC 89-34-41, was selected from a 1989 cross of BC 82-5-161 and BC 80-28-50. BC 82-5-161 was selected from the cross of 'Algonquin' and ‘Chilliwack’. 'Algonquin' is homozygous for gene Ag1, which confers resistance to the common strain of the aphid vector of Rasberry mosaic virus, and is relatively cold hardy. While 'Saanich's cold hardiness is not known, it is resistant to the common strain of the North American raspberry aphid, a vector of the Raspberry mosaic virus (RMV) complex.'Saanich' is well adapted to production regions in the Pacific Northwest. 'Saanich' produces a very high yield of medium-sized, firm, sweet fruit that are suited to machine harvesting and that can be individually quick frozen (IQF) very well. ‘Saanich’ is well adapted for the processing and fresh markets.