  We consider the strong decays of the lowest-lying radially excited baryons,
in SU(6) language the states comprising the first excited 56-plet. Assuming a
single-quark decay approximation, and negligible configuration mixing, we make
model-independent predictions for the partial decay widths to final states with
a single meson. Masses of unobserved states are predicted using results from
large-N_c QCD, and the momentum dependence of the one-body decay amplitude is
determined phenomenologically by fitting to observed decays, so that the baryon
spatial wave functions are not assumed. We point out that comparison of these
predictions to experiment may shed light on whether the Roper resonance can be
consistently interpreted as a three-quark state.
