88 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS AT WISLEY, 1908-09. 



Thirty-two stocks of Brussels Sprouts were received for trial, all of 

 which, except those received late, were sown on March 21. When large 

 enough, the plants were put out at 3 feet apart each way, on land that 

 had been deeply dug and moderately manured. All germinated well, and 

 made excellent growth, but the very hot weather in October caused nearly 

 all the " buttons " to become open and loose. Mild weather generally 

 continued to the end of December 1903, when severe weather suddenly 

 set in, the thermometer falling to zero, practically destroying the whole 

 crop. 



List of Varieties.* 



1. Co vent Garden Favourite. 



2. De la Halle. 



3. French Dwarf Improved. 



4. French Solid Sprout. 



5. Improved Erfurt. 



6. Little Gem. 



7. Paris Market. 



8. Perfection. 



9. President Carnot. 



10. Scrymger's Giant. 



11. Semi-dwarf Dutch. 



12. Standard. 



13. Tall Improved. 



14. The Wroxton. 



15. Cambridgeshire Champion. 



16. Paris Market. 



Scrymger's Giant. 

 Half-dwarf Paris Market. 

 Dwarf Gem. 

 Exhibition. 

 Standard. 

 Exhibition. 

 Darlington. 

 Selected. 

 Model. 

 Little Gem. 

 Skrobeck Favourite. 



17. 



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 20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 

 25. 

 26. 

 27. 



28. One and All. 



29. 

 30. 

 31. 



St. Martha. 

 Danish Prize. 

 Eiffel Tower. 



32. Superlative. 



15. Cambridgeshire Champion (J. Veitch). — Stock not fixed, and 

 requires further selection. 



1. Covent Garden Favourite (Barr). — Growth moderate, irregular in 

 habit ; medium- sized foliage ; sprouts large and firm. Stock requires a 

 little more selection. 



30. Danish Prize (Burpee). — A very tall grower with large foliage ; 

 sprouts small, open, and grown out. 



23. Darlington (Kent & Brydon). — Growth dwarf, compact ; moderate 

 foliage ; sprouts large, firm, and stood well. One of the best. 



2. De la Halle (Barr). — Growth moderate ; even habit ; medium 

 foliage ; sprouts large, firm, loosely placed. A very late variety. 



* All trials in the Wisley Garden are carried out under number only until judging 

 is completed. The number prefixed to the name of the variety in the Report corre- 

 sponds with that by which alone the variety was known until judgment had been 

 given. Fellows visiting the Garden and noticing any plant under a number can easily 

 ascertain its name later by reference to the Report in the Journal. 



