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apparent in either experiment, either in the size of the tubers 

 or in the weight of the crop. In fact the only difference was 

 that those tubers planted without sprouts were a little later in 

 maturing their crop. The following varieties were experimented 

 with : — Bonus, Bonnie Blush, Britannia, Cockerill's Seedling, 

 Congress, Conqueror, Early Ashleaf, Late Perfection, Magistrate, 

 Murphy, Nonpareil, Perfection, Reine des Polders, Saxon, 

 Triumph, and Veitch's No. 73. 



REPORT ON BORECOLE AND KALES GROWN 

 AT CHISWICK, 1897. 



Forty- seven stocks of the above were received for trial, and 

 sown March 29. In every case the germination was good, and 

 the young plants were put out three feet apart each w r ay, and two 

 rows of each, on soil that had grown no previous vegetable crop 

 for very many years, the ground having been occupied with very 

 old fruit trees. The trees were removed, and the ground trenched 

 from two to three feet deep and well manured during the spring 

 of 1897. The plants all made excellent growth up to the middle 

 of July ; then a fungus attacked the foliage and stems of the 

 Asparagus, Buda, and Ragged Jack section, causing the whole 

 to rot, and creating a great stench, whilst the Curled Kales 

 planted side by side with them were perfectly healthy and free 

 from attack. 



F.C.C.=First Class Certificate. 



A.M. = Award of Merit, 

 xxx = Highly Commended, 

 x x = Commended. 



1, 2, 3. Asparagus (Nutting, Hurst). — All three stocks 

 diseased. 



4, 5, 6. Buda (Nutting, J. Veitch, Hurst). — All diseased. 



7. Brydon's Selected Green Curled, xxx November 5, 1897 

 (Kent & Brydon). — Medium height ; light green leaves ; strong 

 growth. The most densely curled variety in the collection. A 

 fine strain. 



8. Chou de Milan, xxx November 5, 1897 (Watkins & 

 Simpson). — Tall, branching, vigorous, not curled. An excellent 

 strain of this hardy variety. 



