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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



SALADS AT WISLEY, 1910. 



A VERY extensive trial of Salads was made in the Gardens, which excited 

 a good deal of interest during the year. We would particularly draw 

 attention to American Cress, Nos. 13, 14, and 15. The same plants 

 produced an abundant supply of delicious leaves from June to January ; 

 the flavour is very warm, but mixed with other salading it is a welcome 

 ingredient. Lettuce No. 72 {Salade Romaine) is the exquisite variety 

 so much grown and appreciated in Paris, and No. 81 is another Lettuce 

 of the same type. Chenopodium amaranticolor is a most beautiful 

 foliage plant, and is equally suitable as a vegetable or salad. When 

 cooked it is similar to Spinach in appearance, but distinct in flavour, 

 tasting more like young nettles, and as it is a rampant grower it pro- 

 duces a great quantity of foliage. When used as a salad most of the 

 reddish-purple pigment on the leaves washes out, causing the water used 

 for washing it and the salad dressing to become quite red. The Dande- 

 lions, Chicory, and Endive were all lifted and grown on in darkness in a 

 gentle heat in winter; and the despised Dandelion is really excellent 

 grown in this way, losing all its bitterness and making a very pleasant 

 addition to a salad. A plan that answered admirably with Endive in the 

 open was to cover a large quarter with common bracken fronds to the 

 depth of 6 or 8 inches; this excluded the light and blanched the 

 foliage beautifully. The Fruit and Vegetable Committee inspected the 

 collection growing on several occasions, and the blanched salading was 

 placed before them on three occasions during the winter months. 

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

 A.M. = Award of Merit. 

 XXX -Highly Commended. 



Celery. 



19. Moore's White (Harrison). — Tall, strong, compact; outer 

 leaves green; hearts white, solid, crisp; growth regular; good flavour. 



20. Golden Self -blanching (Sutton). — Dwarf, strong, compact; 

 outer leaves faintly tinged with pink; heart white, crisp, with a good 

 flavour. 



21. White Plume (Sutton). — For description see vol. xxxiii., p. 531. 



22. Celeriac (Sutton). — Bulbs large, nearly smooth, with a good 

 spread of foliage. 



Chicory. 



33. Chicory "Winter Giant" (Toogood).— Foliage light green, 

 6-9 inches high and 1-1| inch in width ; very much toothed. 



34. " Christmas Salad " (Sutton).— Fohage light green; 6-9 inches 

 high and 1-2 inches in width ; good grower. 



Corn Salad (Valeria^ia ohlitoria). 



1. Broad Italian (Toogood). — Leaves 4 inches long and about 

 1^ inch broad ; dark green ; plants 4 inches high ; vigorous grower. 



