| 0 | PI 553480 | 'Nova' | Rubus idaeus L. subsp. idaeus | Nova Scotia, Canada | COR |  | | 1984 | DEVELOPED | 1981 | | | | | Cultivar | Free of Rubus stunt virus. Fruit large-sized, bright red, firm with good flavor and cohesion Fruit: medium size, firm, good quality, somewhat acid,bright red, attractive, ripens midseason, Plant: very winter hardy, primocanes sturdy, upright, only a few spines,produces long laterals with fruit exposed to outside of row, productive. Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties, 3rd Ed. ASHS Press. 1997.*****************************************Plant TypeSturdy, upright primocanes with few thorns. Fruit produced on long laterals.FruitFruit is medium size, bright red, firm and slightly acid to the taste. Average fruit size is almost identical to 'Festival' around 3.2 grams/berry. Yield 9-11 t/ha in trials at Kentville.MaturityFruit ripens in mid season.HardinessNova canes have been tested in and survived 10 winters in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Quebec. It is at least equal to 'Festival' for hardiness.Disease ResistanceThere has been no evidence of susceptibility to common cane diseases.AAFC Research Station, Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada
selected by D. L. Craig at Kentville in 1981.
| 1448452 | PI 553480 |
| 1 | PI 710265 | Mama's Berries | Rubus hybr. | Washington, United States | COR | | Out of Season | 2026 | DONATED | 06/03/2026 | | | | | Cultivar | Tip propagated plants were shared with Raintree Nursery August of 2025, by Bill Lawrence of Poulsbo, Washington. Thorny canes, trailing habit, floricane producer, leaf shape resembles Tayberry.
These plants have been grown by Bill's family members since the family immigrated to North America. Here is the history as provided by Bill.
Eva Stairs (Bill's Great Great Grandmother) and Wesley Hay (Bill's Great Great Grandfather, originally from Hobkirk, Roxburghshire) immigrated from Scotland arriving in Nova Scotia about late 1883-1884. They traveled together and were married March 9, 1884, in Woodstock Nova Scotia. The family is not sure whether Eva or Wesley (and their respective families) brought the blackberry plant with them from Scotland, but they do know that Eva and Wesley brought the blackberry from Nova Scotia to their first homestead in Sprague, Washington. After some years in Sprague the family moved to St Marie's, Idaho, to start a new homestead, bringing starts of the blackberry. The timing of the move is a little uncertain, but Bill's Great Grandmother Eva Hay was born Feb 12, 1892 in Sprague, and she remembered she was a young girl when the family moved to St Marie's via covered wagon. According to Bill, the blackberry is still growing in St Marie's, and there may also be some family members in Nova Scotia who are still growing it.
In the 1930's Eva (Hay) Aikman and her family moved to Bremerton, Washington, seeking employment in the shipyards, once again bringing starts of the family blackberry. Wherever Eva (Hay) Aikman lived (various locations in the Puget Sound region), until she died August 1990 at 98 years old, she grew and shared plants of the family blackberry, which became known by the family as 'Mama's Berries', or sometimes, 'The Best Mama's Berries'. Following her death, one of Bill's cousins acquired some plants so as to maintain the family heritage. Bill acquired his in the 1990's from that cousin. Other family members have also continued growing the blackberry to ensure it was not lost. As Bill is approaching the end of his gardening years he is offering starts to hopefully continue the legacy started by his Great Great Grandparents.
The plants appear to be a trailing type, based on photos and the young plants. Bill describes the flowering season as long, with 3 or so flushes of bloom on the floricanes, starting late April/early May and continuing through early June. First harvest occurs around the end of June and continues until August or so. Canes tend to be thin, are very thorny, and very productive. Bill describes the plants as tolerant of full sun to partial shade, a wide range of soil types, and have not required summer irrigation once established. The fruit are described when ripe as darker than a Loganberry and more tart than a Boysenberry. The fruit flavor starts with a bright raspberry flavor and finishes as a deep, dark flavor similar to Cascade trailing, with a similar sweet/tart balance. Fruit turn black just before they are ripe, and do not readily release until they are fully ripe, sometimes requiring a light twist. Fruit size is about 1 ½ times the diameter of a quarter in length and about½ the width.
Written by Theresa Knutsen of Raintree Nursery, as remembered by Bill Lawrence.
| 2197074 | PI 710265 |
| 2 | PI 706985 | MD_2024_03 | Rubus allegheniensis Porter | Nova Scotia, Canada | COR | | | 2025 | COLLECTED | 08/25/2024 | | 44.49333000, -63.88996000 | | | Wild material | Polly Cove Trail, Peggy's Cove Preservation Area, Nova Scotia, Canada. Shrubby area, just south of parking, along trail. Plants widespread and scattered. August 25, 2024, MD_2024_03 | 2172627 | PI 706985 |
| 3 | PI 618385 | 'K81-6 (Raspberry)' | Rubus idaeus L. subsp. idaeus | Indiana, United States | COR |  | | 1999 | DONATED | 02/25/1999 | | | | | Cultivar | Late season berry introduced in Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada. Hardy to minus 34 degrees F, vigorous and tall plants have excellent taste. A very large firm berry.Winter hardy for the upper mid-west and the east coast.Very large fruit, well constructed small drupelets, attractive and good flavorPlant has an upright and vigorous growth habitHigh yieldingSummer bearingMid-late season. This produced the largest summer berry with great flavor. The plant is vigorous and quite upright but requires trellising with its large fruit load. - Nourse Catalog 2006Late season. Berries are very large, medium firm with a good flavour and are produced on vigorous plants. It has good winter-hardiness. Grower experience with K81-6 has been mixed. Some growers have removed their plantings because of difficulties with fire blight. Leaf curl virus has also been a problem for some. Pick-your-own customers have favoured this selection because of its fruit size and quality.
Selection number was released by Agriculture and Agri-Food C Canada, Kentville Experiment Station, Nova Scotia selection number from their station
NAMED FOR= Kentville Experriment Station selection number | 1574257 | PI 618385 |
| 4 | PI 618512 | Rosati-Jamieson Logan Thornless | Rubus ×loganobaccus L. H. Bailey | Emilia-Romagna, Italy | COR | | | 1992 | DEVELOPED | | | | | | Breeding material | Roots and seeds of the hexaploid material, originally from Dr. Rosati, Italy, were received from Dr. Andrew Jamieson (Nova Scotia, Canada) in 1992. The seeds were harvested from fruit produced by thornless plants. They may contain a dominant thornless gene. | 1015654 | PI 618512 |
| 5 | PI 553565 | 'Algonquin' | Rubus idaeus L. subsp. idaeus | British Columbia, Canada | COR |  | | 1990 | DEVELOPED | 1984 | | | | | Cultivar | 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 | 1448537 | PI 553565 |