What can be expected of 
Registered Plants. 
Perhaps you have lost interest in raspberry 
growing. Yields have been low, quality poor, and 
plantations short-lived; consequently, no profit. This 
condition, according to information given us by Ex¬ 
perimental Station and research workers, has been 
brought about by the increasing prevalence of virus 
and crown gall diseases. Moreover, there is no cure 
for these pests; spraying does not help. The germs 
simply pass from one plant to another and to the 
new plants that are formed. The same fact holds 
for wild raspberries. A few years ago large quan¬ 
tities of raspberries were picked along fence rows 
and in thickets, but this source is gone. These plants 
are also diseased. 
Registered plants will eliminate this tremendous 
disease loss. They have been produced from parent 
plantations that are under constant study by special¬ 
ists selected by the state, and working independently 
of the Association. The plantations are kept free of 
disease by a standard isolation and the immediate 
burning out of infected plants, thus eliminating any 
chance of spread. So far as we can find out there 
are no standards as rigid and so strictly held to as 
in these plantations. 
Unfortunately these degenerative diseases do 
not show on the small plants you buy and the only 
safe-guard you have is to know their history. Loo\ 
for the name registered and thereby control the dis¬ 
eases that have made raspberry growing in the past 
an unprofitable business. 
Registered Plants cost no more (see price list, 
page 7.) 
Loo\ at the Yield Records. Various Ohio Ex¬ 
periment Station publications and Mich. Agr. Exp. 
Station Quarterly Bulletin No. 11 emphasize the 
value of setting only disease-free plants. 
