348 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



TOMATOES AT WISLEY, 1906. 



Although it was not intended to have a trial of tomatoes this year, nineteen 

 stocks were sent with requests that they should be tried at Wisley. All 

 were sown early in March and planted out in one of the houses not yet 

 fully occupied. All the stocks made strong, sturdy growth, and cropped 

 very well, and were duly examined by the Fruit and Vegetable Com- 

 mittee. 



XXX = Highly Commended. 



1. Advancer (Landsell). — Fruit large, bright red, round, handsome, 

 smooth, averaging seven in a cluster ; short-jointed. Heavy crop. 



2. Beauty (Landreth). — Fruit of medium size, round, smooth, pink, 

 averaging five fruits in a cluster. Good crop. 



3. Buckeye (Landreth). — Fruit very large and coarse ; many of the 

 fruits over 1 lb. each ; round, fairly smooth, pink, averaging five fruits 

 in a cluster. Heavy crop. 



4. Carpenter's Superior (Carpenter). — Fruit of medium size, bright 

 red, round, smooth, averaging seven fruits in a cluster. 



5. Ever Large (Landreth). — Fruit very large and coars3, flat, 

 corrugated, red, averaging five fruits in a cluster. Heavy crop. 



6. Halliwell Gem (Phillipson). — Fruit of medium size, deep round, 

 smooth, bright red ; averaging eight fruits in a cluster. A good setter 

 and heavy bearer. 



7. Industry (Brown). — Fruit very large, coarse, corrugated, scarlet, 

 averaging six fruits in a cluster. Very heavy crop. 



8. June Pink (Johnson & Stokes). — Fruit of medium size, flat, round, 

 smooth, pink, averaging four fruits in a cluster. Good crop. 



9. Just the Thing (Harrison). — Fruit of medium size, flat, round, 

 smooth, bright scarlet, averaging six fruits in a cluster. Heavy crop. 



10. Large Naples (de Luca). — Not true. There were four distinct 

 varieties. 



11. Lord Nelson, XXX August 27, 1906 (Atkinson).— Fruit rather 

 small, round, smooth, bright red, averaging seven fruits in a cluster. 

 Heavy crop. 



12. Naples (de Luca). — Same as King Humbert. 



13. Pocock's Prolific (Pocock). — Fruit large, round, smooth, bright 

 scarlet, averaging seven fruits in a cluster. Heavy crop. 



14. Seedling (Lloyd). --Very similar to No. 13. 



15. Sparks' Reliance (Johnson & Stokes). — Fruit medjum size, 

 handsome, round, smooth, bright red, averaging seven fruits in a cluster. 

 Good crop. 



