390 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
SECOND-EARLY POTATOS AT WISLEY, 1920. 
Eighty-two stocks of potatos were sent for the second-early potato 
trial at Wisley in 1920. Forty tubers of each were planted in rows 
three feet apart, twenty inches from plant to plant, twenty on one 
piece of ground which had not recently been manured, twenty on 
another which had a moderate dressing of pig manure. No arti- 
ficials were used. Planting was done on April 21, and almost every 
stock made good and regular growth, the only exceptions being 
No. 21, 'The Duchess,' and No. 37, 'Lathom Queen,' both of which 
were too poor to describe. The weight of crop given is in each case 
the sum of the two lots of tubers. 
The stocks were in almost every case free from rogues, but in one 
or two, even among those sent in as seedlings, rogues occurred. 
Nos. 25, ' Seedhng White Round ' (crop 76 lb.) ; 43, ' Early Market ' 
(C. Sept. 29, 1920 ; crop 124 lb.) ; 50, ' Early Puritan ' (crop 92 lb.) ; 
52, ' Glenkindie Early ' (indistinguishable from ' Duke of York ' ; crop 
112 lb.) ; 53, ' Seery's Surprise ' (indistinguishable from ' Beauty of 
Hebron ' ; crop 102 lb.) ; 54, ' Early Sunrise ' (indistinguishable from 
' Early Rose ' ; crop 106 lb.) ; 58, ' Epicure ' (crop 136 lb.) ; 59, ' Arran 
Rose ' (crop 47 lb.) ; and 62, ' Seedling Coloured Round ' (crop 53 lb.), 
belong to the early section. No. 32, ' Favourite ' (crop 84 lb.). No. 
34, ' Frankville Favourite ' (A.M. Sept. 29, 1920 ; crop 153 lb.). No. 
57, * Ferncliffe ' (crop 115 lb.), and No. 69, ' Gamekeeper ' (crop 
1231b.), all forms of the 'Abundance' type; No. 38, 'Devon Hero' 
(crop 91 lb.), and No. 48, 'General Foch' (crop 197 lb.), belonging 
to the ' Up-to-date ' type ; No. 77, ' Tinwald Perfection ' (crop 
157 lb.) ; No. 78, ' Golden Wonder ' (crop 82 lb.) ; No. 79, ' Kerr's 
Pink ' (crop 189 lb.) ; No. 80, ' King Edward VII. ' (crop 118 lb.) ; and 
No. 81, 'Lochar' (191 lb.) belong to the late section. These are 
not referred to again. 
The Judging Committee selected the following for awards, taking 
into consideration the crop, general shape and appearance, freedom 
from disease, and the cooking quality of all the varieties. For de- 
scriptions and notes see p. 390 : 
Award of Merit : 
Nos. 1-6, 74. * Great Scot,' raised by Mr. Mair and sent out by Mr. 
McAlister (A.M. 1917). 
7. ' Warwick Castle,' sent out by Messrs. Sutton. 
17-20. ' Ally,' raised by Mr. McKelvie. 
51. ' Di Vernon,' raised by Mr. Findlay. 
Highly Commended: 
8-1 1, 71. ' King George,' raised by Mr. Gardiner (A.M. 191 7). 
12-16. ' British Queen,* raised by Mr, Findlay (A.M. 1905). 
