USDA Red Raspberry 'Kokanee'

Technology Description
Oregon State University is seeking to commercialize ‘Kokanee’ a new red raspberry cultivar that was jointly developed by the OSU Department of Horticulture and the USDA Agricultural Research Service. ‘Kokanee’ is a primocane fruiting (fall fruiting; everbearing) type raspberry that produces bright red, colorful, sweet and flavorful fruit that are suitable for local and wholesale fresh market. Yields and fruit quality have been evaluated extensively in observation plots and commercial plantings. In addition to production in the Pacific Northwest, ‘Kokanee’ has worked well in tunnel production in California, Mexico, and Spain.

Features & Benefits

• Attractive firm and bright berries with very good flavor that are suited to shipping Uniformly sized, firm fruit
• Productive
• Later thereby extending season later

Applications

• High quality, fresh fruit for late season fresh market but later than Heritage
• Attractive, uniformly sized, firm, conic berries Machine harvestable with very good yields
• Berry size is 50-60% larger than for Heritage

Status
Plant Patent PP28,666 issued and available for non-exclusive licensing