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JOURNAL OE THE EOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



REPORT ON ONIONS GROWN AT CHISWICK, 

 1897-98. 



Sixty-nine stocks of Onions were grown for trial in the 

 gardens. The ground had been deeply trenched and well 

 manured in July 1897. The seed was sown in drills three feet 

 apart on August 17, 1897. Early in March a row of each stock 

 was transplanted one foot from the original row, and on 

 March 18, 1898, another row was sown (out of the same packet 

 as the autumn sowing), one foot from the transplanted row, so 

 that the three rows of each stock were all one foot apart — viz. 

 one (autumn sown) not transplanted, one (autumn sown) trans- 

 planted, and one spring sown. All the stocks germinated well, 

 but the repeated dense fogs of the winter of 1897-98 made sad 

 havoc with some of the varieties, while a few stood with little 

 injury. The trial proved that many of the varieties usually sown 

 in spring are fully as hardy for autumn sowing as the Tripoli 

 type, when sown under exactly similar conditions ; and, further, 

 that the Onion maggot will attack both autumn and spring sown 

 plants. A few bulbs of each stock were infested by this pest, but 

 an application of 1 oz. sulphate of ammonia to each square yard 

 checked the attack. In every case the transplanted autumn-sown 

 bulbs were the largest and most shapely. 



F.C.C.=First Class Certificate. 

 A.M. = Award of Merit. 



1. A 1 (Sutton).— F.C.C. September 12, 1893. Very large, fine 

 globe shape, skin pale brown. Excellent both from the autumn 

 and spring sowings. Firm and heavy. A fine stock. 



2, 3, 4, 5. Ailsa Craig (Watkins & Simpson, Hurst, Dobbie, 

 Bowerman). — Very large, deep globe shape, skin dark brown. 

 Firm and heavy. Very good from both autumn and spring 

 sowings. 



6. Alderton (Sherman). — Very similar to Nos. 23, 24, 25. 



7. Anglo-Spanish (Hurst). — Very similar to Nos. 51, 52. 



