Glen Ample

Raspberry

Denomination:	'Glen Ample'
Botanical Name:	Rubus idaeus
Applicant/Holder:	The James Hutton Institute Invergowrie Dundee, Scotland DD2 5DA United Kingdom
Breeder:	D.L. Jennings, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
Agent in Canada:	Berry Growers of Ontario 129 Norfolk County Road 57 Simcoe, Ontario N3Y 4K2 Canada Tel: 519-427-9969
Application Date:	1998-06-04
Application Number:	98-1421
Grant of Rights Date:	2013-05-16
Certificate Number:	4514
Grant of Rights Termination Date:	2031-05-16

Variety Description

Variety used for comparison: 'Titan'

Summary: 'Glen Ample' has medium bloom on the current season's cane whereas it is absent or very weak on 'Titan'. The canes of 'Glen Ample' are shorter than those of 'Titan'. 'Glen Ample' has no spines on the current season's cane or on the pedicel whereas they are present on 'Titan'.

Description:

PLANT: arching growth habit, many current season's canes, fruit bearing only on previous year's cane in summer, vegetative buds burst mid-season, medium length fruiting season
VERY YOUNG SHOOT: no anthocyanin colouration during rapid growth

CURRENT SEASON'S CANE: medium waxiness, absent or very weak anthocyanin colouration, medium length internode, short vegetative bud
DORMANT CANE: purplish brown
SPINES: absent

LEAF: dark green, predominantly three leaflets per leaf, straight profile in cross-section, weak rugosity, touching lateral leaflets

BEGINNING OF FLOWERING: mid to late season
PEDICEL: absent or very few spines
PEDUNCLE: no anthocyanin colouration
FLOWER: medium size

BEGINNING OF FRUIT RIPENING: early to mid-season
FRUITING LATERAL: horizontal to drooping attitude
FRUIT: medium to long, medium to wide, medium length/width ratio, broad conical shape in lateral view, medium to large single drupe, medium red, medium glossiness, firm, medium adherence to plug

Origin & Breeding History: 'Glen Ample' arose from the cross SCRI7326EI by SCRI7412H16 made in 1978 at the Scottish Crop Research Institute in Invergowrie, Scotland. 'Glen Ample' was first selected from a single seed in 1981 for its outstanding combination of yield and size, brightness and fruit flavour. Initial evaluation was carried out at the Scottish Crop Research Institute and at Brogdale Farm, England.

Tests & Trials: Tests and trials for 'Glen Ample' were conducted at the Simcoe Research Station, Univeristy of Guelph, Simcoe, Ontario during the 2010 to 2011 growing seasons. Twenty four (24) plants of each variety were planted in 23 cm pots in the summer of 2010 using soil-less potting mix and were raised outdoors. That fall, dormant plants were moved into a cooler, kept cool for 6 weeks and transferred to a greenhouse in December 2010. Pots were spaced approximately 0.5 metres apart in the row and approximately 1.5 metres apart between rows. Fruit characteristics were observed in field trials conducted at the Atlantic Food and Agriculture Research Centre in Kentville, Nova Scotia during the 2011 growing season. Measured characteristics were based on a minimum of 10 measurements.

Comparison tables for 'Glen Ample' with reference variety 'Titan'

Dormant cane length (cm)

	'Glen Ample'	'Titan'
mean	93.0	116.7
std. deviation	17.8	13.4

Terminal leaflet length (cm)

	'Glen Ample'	'Titan'
mean	14.4	14.8
std. deviation	0.59	1.62

Terminal leaflet width (cm)

	'Glen Ample'	'Titan'
mean	10.5	10.7
std. deviation	1.14	1.05

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Raspberry: 'Glen Ample'

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Raspberry: Reference variety, 'Titan'