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EARLY POTATOS AT WISLEY, 1919. 



Of the potatos sent for trial at Wisley in 1919, as first early varieties, 

 some were mid-season or late varieties, and were planted apart from 

 those listed below, and of the one hundred and twenty-one stocks 

 referred to there, a few (the season of which was not definitely known) 

 proved to be too late to include among early varieties, and one or two 

 others gave such small crops as to prove quite useless. The latter 

 included a seedling sent in 1918, grown as No. 120, and ' Carbide ' 

 (No. 103). The former included, ' Mein's Early Round ' (No. in) ; 

 ' Guthrie's ' No. 75 (No. 102) ; Pink-eyed round seedling from Mr. 

 Findlay (No. 97) ; ' Robson Seedling ' (No. 68) of the ' British Queen ' 

 type, to which belong also ' Royal Scot ' (No. 71), and ' Bell's Early ' 

 (No. 100) ; and ' Peace Abundance ' (No. 104), a form near ' Abund- 

 ance.' No. 22 (sent as ' Early York ') proved a very mixed stock. 

 Further reference to these is omitted. Most stocks proved true, but 

 a few contained rogues. In view of the reasons upon which the Wart 

 Disease orders are based, the freedom of stocks of potatos from rogues 

 is of the first importance. 



The ground on which the tubers were planted had carried Brussels 

 Sprouts in 1918. It was lightly manured, and dug as soon as the 

 Brussels Sprouts had been cleared. The potatos were planted on 

 April 8, after being sprouted in the light, and on the whole made 

 excellent growth. The season was very dry, but the ground was in 

 good heart and the crop suffered little on account of lack of rain. 

 In the notes given below, the crop from each trial row of twenty tubers 

 is given. 



The Fruit and Vegetable Committee inspected the growing crop on 

 several occasions, and selected the most promising varieties for the 

 cooking test. As a result of this they recommended the following 

 awards (for particulars of senders and stocks see descriptive notes) : — 



Award of Merit. 



'Western Hero' ('Duke of York' type), sent out by Messrs. R. 

 Veitch. 



Highly Commended. 

 'Eclipse,' sent out by Messrs. Sharpe. A.M. 1900, as 'Sir John 

 Llewelyn' (Harris). 



' Express,' sent out by Messrs. Sharpe. 



'Midlothian Early' ('Duke of York' type), sent out by Messrs. 

 Scarlett. A.M. 1908 as 1 Midlothian Early ' (Dobbie), and 1915 as ' Duke 

 of York' (Simpson, Dobbie). 



'Victor,' sent out by Messrs. Sharpe (A.M. 1893, Wythes). 



