{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/soft-fruit-plants-scotland-order-1991/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/soft-fruit-plants-scotland-order-1991/schedule-1/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1905",
  "legislation_title": "The Soft Fruit Plants (Scotland) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/soft-fruit-plants-scotland-order-1991",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Strawberry plants of the Super Elite grade (SE) shall–\n(a) be derived from stock certified at Foundation grade during the previous growing season;\n(b) be eligible for certification at Super Elite grade for one generation only;\n(c) be grown on land which has been inspected and approved by the Secretary of State as suitable for the certification of strawberries at Super Elite grade;\n(d) be grown in the year entered for certification by a person whose facilities and planting arrangements are acceptable to the Secretary of State;\n(e) not be grown on land on which strawberry Red Core disease (Phytophthora fragariae) or raspberry Root Rot disease (Phytophthora megasperma) has been known to occur or be present in the vicinity;\n(f) not be grown on land which is subject to a Notice served or continued under the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1987() in respect of infection by Wart Disease of potatoes or Potato Cyst Nematode;\n(g) not be grown on land on which strawberries have previously been grown;\n(h) not be subject to any fungicidal treatments for the control of strawberry Red Core disease;\n(i) not be more than one year old;\n(j) be grown in the block or strip system with runners trained inwards;\n(k) be inspected twice during the growing season by inspectors;\n(l) be kept at all times in the year of certification–\n(i) at least 4 metres from different varieties of the same generation;\n(ii) at least 100 metres from strawberry stocks entered for Elite grade certification;\n(iii) at least 1,000 metres from all other strawberry stocks;\n(iv) at least 1,000 metres from raspberry stocks infected with soil-borne virus to which the variety entered is susceptible;\n(m) be de-blossomed before fruits set;\n(n) be kept free from aphid infestation by a suitable spray programme;\n(o) not be rogued prior to the first inspection;\n(p) be rogued subsequent to the first inspection only at the discretion of the inspector;\n(q) be clearly labelled by variety;\n(r) be true to type;\n(s) be kept in a reasonable state of cultivation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/1758; to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1905/schedule/1/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:39:06.837998+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}