POTATOS AT WISLEY, 1912. 



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POTATOS AT WISLEY, 1912. 



Seventy-nine stocks of Potatos were sent in for trial. They were 

 planted on well-manured ground in rows three feet apart. In most* 

 cases the crop was good, but one or two stocks failed entirely. The 

 trial was inspected by a Sub-Committee of the Fruit and Vegetable 

 Committee, and eight varieties were selected to be cooked and placed 

 before the full Committee. It is interesting to note that three of these 

 had already received awards, one receiving a First-class Certificate in 

 1874, whilst one new variety received this high award this season, 

 three others gaining an Award of Merit. 



A variety o'f Ashleaf Kidney (No. 14), which has been grown 

 annually on the same border by Mr. Potter, Gardener, Whitehall, 

 Cumberland, and his father before him since 1861, was highly com- 

 mended (XXX). These Potatos turned out well at Wisley, yielding 

 a heavy crop of beautiful, clean tubers : — 



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

 A.M. = Award of Merit. 

 XXX = Highly commended. 



List of Varieties. 



n. 



Alpha. 



24. Early Eose. 



2. 



Midlothian Early. 



25. Epicure. 



3. 



Midlothian Early. 



26. Beauty of Hebron. 



4. 



Sharpe's Express. 



27. May Queen. 



5. 



Sharpe's Express. 



28. Eusset Queen. 



6. 



Sharpe's Victor. 



29. British Queen. 



7. 



Sharpe's Victor. 



30. Princess May. 



8. 



Lady Llewelyn. 



31. The Colleen. 



9. 



Lady Llewelyn. 



32. Leader. 



10. 



Sir John Llewelyn. 



33. Bountiful. 



11. 



Sir John Llewelyn. 



34. King George V. 



12. 



Ashleaf (selected). 



35. James Gibson. 



13. 



Ashleaf, Myatt's. 



36. William Cuthbertson 



14. 



Ashleaf Kidney. 



37. Bonnie Dundee. 



15. 



Milecross Early. 



38. Andrew Ireland. 



16. 



Irish Gem. 



39. Edwin Beckett. 



17. 



John Bull. 



40. D. P. Laird. 



18. Duke of York. 



41. Conquest. 



19. 



Boston Kidney. 



42. Favourite. 



20. 



Bath's Early. 



43. King Edward. 



21. 



Puritan. 



44. Windsor Castle. 



22. Ringleader. 



45. His Majesty. 



23. 



Dalmeny Early. 



46. Queen Mary. 



* See footnote p. 549. 



