SUMMEii SPINACH AT WISLEY, 1910. 



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SUMMEE SPINACH AT WISLEY, 1910. 



Twenty-one stocks of Summer Spinach were received for trial, all of 

 which were sown on March 22, in rows 18 inches apart, and when the 

 plants were large enough they were thinned out in the rows. * Long 

 Standing ' and * Triumph ' were particularly fine stocks, standing better 

 than any others. Chenopodium amaranticolor was sent in as a salad, 

 but it proved an excellent and most productive vegetable. Cooked in 

 the same way as ordinary Spinach, it was tender and delicious, some- 

 what resembling the flavour of young nettles when cooked. 



1. Chenopodium amaranticolor (Kew). — (See salad report, p. 741). 



2. Bloomsdale (Barr). — An early variety of Victoria Spinach, with 

 narrow and pointed leaves ; runs to seed very quickly. 



3. Broad Flanders (Barr). — A variety with small pointed leaves; 

 not worth growing. 



4. Early Versailles (Barr). — An early variety of Victoria Spinach, 

 with large, dark-green leaves ; coming into use quickly. 



5. Evergreen Summer (Barr). — Leaves of moderate size, dark green 

 and pointed; growth tall; rather liable to run to seed. 



6. Lettuce-leaved (Barr). — Leaves large, dark green, long and 

 pointed at tip ; comes into use very quickly ; a good Spinach. 



7. 11. Long-standing (Cannell, Sutton). — Leaves very dark green 

 and of good size and substance ; stands well ; an excellent Spinach. 



8. Long-standing, round (J. Veitch). — ^Very similar to No. 7. 



9. Long-stander (Barr).— Similar to No. 7. 



10. Long-standing (Nutting). — Very similar in all respects to 

 No. 7, but an inferior stock. 



12, 14. Eound or Summer (Dobbie, Sutton). — Leaves large, dark 

 green, of good size and substance, somewhat round in shape ; a good 

 Spinach. 



13. Eound or Summer (J. Veitch). — In all respects similar to 

 No. 12, but a much better stock. 



15, 16. Thick-leaved (Barr). — Leaves dark green, of fair size and 

 substance; a good Spinach. 



17, 18, 19. Triumph (Nutting, Sutton, J. Veitch). — Leaves a very 

 dark green, of good size and substance; an excellent Spinach. 



20. Victoria (Nutting). — Leaves dark green and somewhat pointed ; 

 of a good size and substance. 



21. Victoria Improved (Dobbie). — In all respects similar to No. 18, 

 I'tii leaves a trifle larger. 



