AUTUMN CABBAGES AT WISLEY, 1915. 



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AUTUMN CABBAGES AT WISLEY, 1915. 



Report by the Trials Officer. 



One hundred and fourteen stocks of autumn cabbages were 

 received at Wisley for trial, representing 94 varieties, of which 15 

 were red and 79 green. The seed was sown on April 14, and as a 

 whole germination was excellent. The seedlings, when large enough, 

 were planted out on deeply-dug and moderately-manured ground. 

 During development in the seed-bed the plants were attacked by the 

 cabbage-root maggot, but after transplanting little further trouble 

 was caused by this pest. The season was, on the whole, a good one 

 for cabbages and practically all the stocks grew away well, the 

 cultivation being under the charge of Mr. J. Wilson, foreman in the 

 Vegetable Department. 



The trial was inspected by a Sub-Committee of the Fruit and 

 Vegetable Committee on August 19 and September 30. The Com- 

 mittee considered that many of the large red varieties were unsuit- 

 able for cultivation in gardens owing to the large amount of space 

 they require and the smallness of the hearts produced. 



In this report the varieties are grouped under type headings, 

 namely Drumhead, Oxheart, Sugarloaf, and York, but as these 

 typical forms merge into one another it is difficult to ascertain in 

 some cases to which group a variety really belongs. 



The Committee considered the following varieties to be the best in 

 the trial : — 



I. — Green Varieties. 



Barr's Autumn Exhibition. 

 Best of All. 



Harbinger. 

 Hurst's Earliest. 

 Sutton's Earliest. 

 Sutton's Little Gem. 

 Sutton's Tender and True. 

 Veitch's Earliest of All. 

 Wheeler's Imperial. 



Cooper's First. 

 Copenhagen Market. 

 Enkhuizen Glory. 

 Express. 



Gibson's Dwarf Drumhead. 



II. — Red Varieties. 



Barr's Miniature Red. 

 Carter's Red Pickling. 



Erfurt Early Red. 

 Sutton's Dwarf Blood Red. 



