168 JOUENAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
REPORT ON EARLY POTATOS AT CHIBWiCK, 1900. 
FoETY-THREE stocks of early Potatos were received for trial and planted 
April 19, and on May 19 the same varieties were planted on the same 
quarter as the first planted, to prove the difference, if any, between early 
and late planting of early Potatos. The experiment was very in- 
teresting, and proved that planting so late as May 19 was decidedly 
wrong, as not only were the tubers of the late-planted ones small and 
few in number, but also much more susceptible to climatic influences, as 
many of them commenced to grow out and spear, while the same 
varieties planted a month earlier were perfectly good, and exhibited no 
signs of spearing or growing out. The whole collection made excellent 
growth, and with two exceptions all the early planted ones produced good 
crops free from disease. 
The Fruit and Vegetable Committee examined the collection on four 
occasions, viz. June 28, July 10, August 3, and August 16. The following 
varieties, by reason of their heavy crops, were selected for cooking to test 
their quality, viz. — 
Beauty of Hebron Harbinger 
Cigarette Improved Ashleaf 
Denbigh Castle May Queen 
1. A 1 (Sutton). — Round, yellowish white skin; eyes rather deep; 
heavy crop, free from disease ; haulm short and moderately robust. 
Ready for use June 27. 
2. Ashleaf (Sutton). — Kidney, tapering at the end; moderate crop, 
free from disease ; haulm short and sturdy. An excellent and well-known 
variety, and still one of the best. Ready for use July 2. 
3. Beauty of Hebron, A.M. August 14, 1900 (J. Veitch).— Kidney, 
pale pink ; eyes shallow ; large ; very heavy crop, free from disease ; 
moderate haulm. Ready for use July 2. One of the best w^hen cooked. 
4. Chester Favourite (Dicksons). — Round, white, russety ; eyes 
shallow ; large ; heavy crop, free from disease ; haulm moderate and 
sturdy. Ready for use July 10. 
5. 6. Cigarette (Kerr, Barr). — Round, white ; eyes shallow ; medium 
size ; heavy crop, free from disease ; haulm tall and robust. Ready for 
use August 14. 
7. Cole's Favourite, F.C.C. August 20, 1885 (J. Veitch).— Kidney 
Earliest of All 
Early Perfection 
Early Peter 
Early Puritan 
General Roberts 
Grimston Ashleaf No. 1 
Grimston Ashleaf No. 2 
Ninetyfold 
Pioneer Earliest Kidney 
Ringleader 
Round Seedling 
Sharpe's Victor 
Sir John Llewelyn 
Sunbeam 
F.C.C. =First-class Certificate. 
A.M. = Award of Merit. 
