708 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



PEAS AT WISLEY, 1910. 



Two HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR stocks of peas Were received for trial. 

 The early varieties were sown on March 14, the second early varieties 

 on April 4, and the maincrop varieties on May 4. In the great majority 

 of cases the germination was very good, and the stocks grew and cropped 

 so well that the Committee wished it to be recorded that they considered 

 the trial excellent. The ground on which the peas were grown had 

 not only been deeply dug and liberally manured, but a mulching of 

 strawy manure was applied when they came into blossom, thus feeding 

 the roots and economizing moisture at the same time. The Committee 

 examined the stocks on four occasions. The varieties numbered as 

 follows were selected as the best on the respective dates, and were 

 submitted to the full Committee : — 



June 30.— Nos. 12, 14, 38, 39, 45, 62, 64, 71. 



July 26.— Nos. 103, 105, 109, 110, 113, 114, 122, 126, 142, 158. 



August 11.— Nos. 138, 140, 141, 142, 150, 154, 155, 156, 158, 163, 

 189, 191, 196, 201, 202. 



September.— No. 230. 



In accordance with notices in the Society's publications and in the 

 Horticultural Press, Pea trials after 1910 are to be conducted on a new 

 plan, for it has been pointed out that it is not fair to compare, and to 

 adjudicate on the merits of, varieties of Peas sown on different dates ; 

 but that all peas sent for trial ought to be sown on one and the same 

 day. The Council considered, however, that it would not be quite fair 

 on an admittedly late pea to sow it on the same day as an admittedly 

 early one. It has, therefore, been decided to ask for one pint of seed 

 peas and divide it into three parts, and make sowings of all varieties on 

 three different dates suiting Early, Mid-season, and Late Peas, as in 

 this way only can the two difficulties be overcome. This new system 

 was not in operation when the following Peas underwent trial: — 



F.C.C.= First-class Certificate. 

 A.M. = Award of Merit. 



*1. Abundance. 

 2. Advancement. 



Varieties. 



9. 

 10. 



11. Daffodil. 



12. Dawn. 



13. Daylight. 



Chelsea Gem. 



5. Acme. 



6. Bedfordian. 



14. Duchess of York. 



15. Dwarf Favourite. 



16. Earliest Marrow. 



* See footnote p. 672. 



