Glen Shee

Glen Shee is a mid-season cultivar with a 50% pick rate. Glen Shee

Fruit is large and pale red, moderately firm and the flavour is moderate to acid. Fruit is suitable for canned and frozen products.

Season

Mid-season cultivar with a 50% pick date, about 9 days later than Glen Clova in Scotland. In more southerly locations in the UK, the 50% pick date is 13 days after Glen Clova and it has a long season of some 37 days.

Percentage

Derived from a cross between 2 unnamed SCRI selections.

Plant Habit

Spine-free, moderately upright canes. Fruiting laterals are medium in length, semi-upright and have high numbers of fruit.

Fruit Quality

Fruit is large and pale red, moderately firm and the flavour is moderate to acid. Fruit is suitable for canned and frozen products.

Fruit Size

4 - 5 g / Brix %: 9.7

Pest and Disease Tolerance

Carries gene A1, now susceptible to the most common strain of aphid virus vector Amphorophora idaei (strains 2 and X). Is susceptible to raspberry root rot and Raspberry bushy dwarf virus.