Roguing stages
1. Early vegetative stage: check that vegetative characters (e.g. bush or trailing type), foliage and vigour are in accordance with the cultivar, also that resistance to specific pathogens is according to the cultivar description.
2. Before first flowers open: as above, and check that undeveloped fruit characters on female flower buds are true to type.
3. First female flowers setting: check that developing fruits are true to type,
and as above.
4. Fruit developing: fruit characters true to type, and resistance to specific
pathogens according to cultivar description.
5. Mature fruit at harvest: fruit characters true to type.