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SPRING-SOWN ONIONS AT WISLEY, 1907, 



Sixty-six stocks of onions were received for trial in the Society's Gardens, 

 all of which were sown on March 5 on ground that had been trenched 

 2 feet deep and liberally manured. Plenty of burnt garden refuse was 

 worked into the soil, also a moderate dressing of gas lime to destroy 

 wire-worm, which abounded in the light sandy soil. Germination was 

 generally good, but while quite small the plants were attacked by the 

 larvae of the onion-fly. To check this and to give vigour to the plants 

 a dressing of sulphate of ammonia, at the rate of 1 oz. per square yard, 

 was applied twice, and later on 1 oz. Peruvian guano per square yard. 

 These manures were applied at intervals of one month. The effect was 

 so good that the plants became free of all pests and grew vigorously, only 

 a slight touch of mildew appearing on one or two varieties at the end of 

 the season. The Committee examined the whole collection in due course. 



F.C.C.= First-class Certificate. 

 A.M. = Award of Merit. 



1, 2. Al (Barr, Sutton). — Size medium; oval; heavy; colour 

 outside dark straw, touched with red ; the next skin is a greenish-straw 

 colour. Crop very good, and even in size. 



3, 4, 5, 6. Ailsa Craig (Barr, Carter, Sutton, Hurst). — Size large; oval 

 or cocoanut-shaped ; very heavy ; outer skin a brownish straw colour, 

 next skin greenish-white. Crop very heavy, and even in size. 



7, 8. All the Year Round (Hurst, Nutting). — Size medium ; shape 

 somewhat irregular, varying from flat round to globe shape ; outer skin 

 brownish-straw colour, next skin green. Crop heavy, but irregular 

 in size. 



9. Barr's Long Keeper (Barr). — Size uneven and irregular in shape ; 

 heavy ; outer skin brown, inner skin green. Crop light. 



10, 11, 12. Banbury Cross, A.M. September 1, 1898 (Barr, Hurst, 

 Harrison). — Size large ; flattish-round ; heavy ; outer skin brown-straw 

 colour, next skin green. Crop very heavy, and even in size. 



13, 14, 15. Bedfordshire Champion (Carter, Nutting, Barr). — Size 

 fairly large ; heavy ; flat round ; outer skin brown-straw colour, next skin 

 white, tinged with brown. Crop very heavy, and even in size. 



16, 17. Blood Red (Barr, Carter). — Size somewhat uneven ; flat 

 round, and very even in type ; heavy ; outer and inner skin crimson. 

 Crop heavy. 



18, 19. Brown Globe (Carter, J. Veitch). — Size medium ; deep globular 

 to cocoanut-shaped ; heavy ; outer skin brown-straw colour, touched with 

 red ; next skin yellowish-green. Crop heavy, but rather uneven in size. 



20. Brooks' Extra Long-keeping (Hurst). — Size medium ; flat round ; 

 heavy ; outer skin dark-straw colour ; inner skin yellowish-green. Crop 

 light. 



