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BEETS AT WISLEY, 1908. 



Fifty- seven stocks of Beets were sent to the Garden for trial. Nearly 

 all the stocks germinated well, and made excellent and healthy growth, and 

 in only a few instances were the stocks mixed. The Fruit and Vegetable 

 Committee examined the collection on three occasions, for the early, 

 mid-season, and late varieties. 



*1. Cheltenham Green-top. 



2. Crimson Globe, Carter's. 



3. Dwarf Purple-top, Cattell's. 



4. Northumberland, Dewar's. 



5. Dwarf Red, Carter's. 



6. Dark Red Globe, Carter's. 



7. Egyptian Turnip-rooted, Car- 



ter's re-selected. 



8. Early Blood Turnip, Carter's. 



9. Blood Red, Carter's large. 



10. Dwarf Red, Nutting's. 



11. Perfection, Carter's. 



12. Pine Apple Short-top, Carter's. 



13. Eclipse, or New Early Model 



Globe. 



14. Cheltenham Green-leaved. 



15. Exhibition, Pragnell's. 



16. Delicacy. 



17. Cheltenham Green-top. 



18. Covent Garden, Barr's. 



19. Dark-leaved Globe, Barr's. 



20. Crimson-leaved, Dell's. 



21. Early Globe, Barr's improved. 



22. Blood Red, Barr's fine selected. 



23. Dwarf Red, Nutting's. 



24. Pine Apple. 



25. Exhibition, Pragnell's. 



26. Dwarf Crimson, Barr's selected. 



27. Cheltenham Green-top. 



28. Crimson, Dell's. 



29. Globe, improved. 



30. Dwarf Red, Nutting's. 



31. Exhibition, Pragnell's. 



32. Red, Veitch's selected. 



33. Purple, Dobbie's. 



34. Superb Red, Dobbie's. 



35. Globe, Dobbie's selected. 



36. Willow-leaved, Dobbie's. 



37. Blood Red, Sutton's. 



38. Globe, Sutton's. 



39. Green-top, Sutton's. 



40. Pine Apple, Sutton's. 



41. Cheltenham Green-top. 



42. Best of All, Sharpe's. 



43. Crimson, Dell's. 



44. Dark-leaved Globe, Johnson's. 



45. Globe, Sutton's. 



46. Red, Nutting's selected. 



47. Black-leaved, Dell's selected. 



48. Superb Red, Veitch's. 



49. Perfection, Lockyer's. 



50. Black Queen. 



51. Covent Garden Red. 



52. Black-leaved, Dell's. 



53. Eclipse. 



54. Egyptian Turnip-rooted. 



55. Blood Red, long smooth. 



56. Dwarf deep blood red, Nutting's 



improved. 



57. Strasburg Pear-shaped. 



42. Best of All, Sharpe's (Sharpe). — Root large, long conical ; skin 

 smooth, a little russeted at the top ; flesh dark, with distinct light zones 

 and very little core ; 15 per cent, of the root above the soil ; plant large, 

 many leaved, with vigorous spreading growth ; leaves large, long, broad, 

 smooth, crumpled, dark green a little tinged with purple. 



52. Black-leaved, Dell's (Rouge naine de Dell) (Vilmorin). — Root very 

 small, long conical ; skin smooth, a little russeted at the top ; flesh dark 



* See footnote, p. 525. 



