LEEKS AND WINTER SPINACH AT WISLEY. 



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LEEKS AT WISLEY, 1909 AND 1910. 



Pbizetaker (Selected) (Barr). — A first-class leek of the Mussel- 

 burgh type, making fine, long, stout stems, which blanch readily 

 and are of a fine white colour; leaves long, broad, and strap-like. 



Musselburgh (Selected) (Barr.) — A really fine leek, making long, 

 straight stems, which blanch readily and are of a pure white colour, 

 with long strap-like leaves of a dark green. 



Ayton Castle (Barr). — A useful leek for general purposes, with 

 broad leaves of a dark-green colour; blanches well, but is not so white 

 as the last. 



Giant Winter (Barr). — An excellent leek of the Ayton Castle type; 

 blanches readily, and is a pure white colour. 



Utrecht Winter (Spruyt). — A very good leek of the Musselburgh 

 type, but quite yellow inside when blanched. 



No. 1 (Barr). — A useful leek of the Ayton Castle type. 



No. 2 (Barr). — Does not make a really good leek; Musselburgh 



type- 



No. 3 (Barr).— A fine large leek of the Ayton Castle type; broad 

 strap-like leaves; blanches well, inside a sulphur-yellow. 



Giant Italian Leek (Darnmann). — Not hardy ; does not stand the 

 winter. 



WINTER SPINACH AT WISLEY, 1909 AND 1910. 



Winter Utrecht (Spruyt). — A very good variety of the prickly- 

 seeded spinach, broad and pointed leaves of a dark-green colour, very 

 hardy, and stands well in spring. 



Broad-leaved, Long-standing (Spruyt). — A useful variety, with 

 large round leaves, but does not stand the winter so well as the former. 



