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Glen Ample (protected by EU Plant Variety Rights).
- Parentage: Complex pedigree including Glen Prosen and the North American cultivar Meeker and is a sister seedling to Glen Rosa.
- Season: Has a 50% pick date some 7-8 days later then Glen Clova and has a longer harvest period. In more southerly locations, 50% picking date may be as late as 10 days after Glen Clova.
- Plant Habit: Spine-free and very upright canes of good vigour. Fruiting laterals are long and very upright with sparse foliage, resulting in excellent fruit presentation.
- Fruit Quality: Fruit are large, fleshy and bright red in colour. Berries are firm with large drupelets and an excellent flavour.
- Fruit Size: 5.3 g / Brix %: 11
- Yield: Yield: 5.8 T/Ha (Average yield data from trials at SCRI over five years from machine harvested plots (figures are extrapolated from a 20m row).
- Pest and Disease Tolerance: Carries gene A1, now susceptible to the most common strain of aphid virus vector Amphorophora idaei (strains 2 and X). Very slow to become infected with Raspberry bushy dwarf virus.
