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Royalty Purple Raspberry - Virus?

Posted by JStubbs 5b (My Page) on
Wed, Jul 23, 14 at 21:53

Hi All,
So after getting a royalty in the ground and waiting a year for it to fruit, it has set all fruit with crumbly berries and relatively few drupelets (see photo) - all the fruit is like this, not just a fraction of it. Although they taste ok, I've read that this can likely be caused by a virus, such as bushy dwarf virus. I don't want to leave the plant in to spread any problems it has.
I'd appreciate any advice or opinions - I'm thinking of getting it tested since I really want to avoid pulling it out if I don't have to.


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RE: Royalty Purple Raspberry - Virus?

My berries were a lot larger but this could be the result of other issues too. Plant food, water, pollination, etc, could all has some effect on the berry size.


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