Patron HRH The Princess Royal
Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society
Testing newly developed varieties of raspberries grown under polythene
for resistance to root rot and quality of the fruit
Dr Nick Birch explaining the development of traps
to catch the raspberry beetle before
they lay their eggs on the flowers.
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You can buy the raspberry beetle trap demonstrated
at the visit to the SCRI from
http://www.gardening-naturally.com/acatalog/Raspberry_Beetle_Trap.html
Nikki Jenninings
who is in charge of the raspberry trials
Our thanks to Professor Rex Brennan who conducted us around the Institute
Development of disease resistance gooseberries