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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCH^/rY. 



ASPAEAGUS AT WISLEY, 1911. 



Eight stocks of Asparagus seed were sent in for trial in February 

 1908, and all were sown in rows in freshly dug ground, and germinated 

 well. The young plants were planted out the following season in 

 thoroughly prepared beds, three rows on each bed, at a distance of 

 18 inches from plant to plant, selecting only the very strongest plants 

 for this purpose. Beds were also planted for forcing purposes and 

 were lifted and forced last winter. They all did remarkably well and 

 it is interesting to note that those which received awards from the Com- 

 mittee as exceptionally good varieties for early cutting from the open 

 were not the earliest for forcing. The variety ' Mammoth ' proved to 

 be quite a fortnight earlier than the rest as a forcing variety. 



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

 A.lVr. = Award of Merit. 



Connover's American Colossal (Barr). — Stalks 6-8 inches long; 

 only slightly tapering ; scales well closed ; a very good early forcing 

 variety; gives a medium crop out-of-doors, but is not so vigorous aS' 

 some of the other varieties on trial. 



Connover's Colossal (E. Yeitch), F.C.C. May 1, 1872.— Stalks, 

 about 6 inches long; non-tapering; scales well closed ; gives a good, 

 crop in the open and makes medium growth. . ■ 



Early Giant Argenteuil (J. Veitch). — Stalks 6-8 inches long; fairly 

 uniform in thickness; scales well closed; an excellent variety, making 

 very vigorous growth out-of-doors. 



Early Giant French (J. Veitch), A.T.I. May 9, 1911.— Stalks 

 6-8 inches long; rather tapering; scales well closed; does better in the 

 open than under glass; a vigorous grower, giving a large crop. 



. Green Canadian (Barr), A.M. May 9, 1911.— Stalks about 6 

 inches long ; uniform in thickness ; scales well closed ; a very strong' 

 growing variety. 



Late Giant Purple Argenteuil (Barr). — Stalks 6-8 inches long;, 

 of uniform thickness, with fairly well-closed scales; not so vigorous as 

 the other varieties. i 



Mammoth (Barr). — Stalks about 6-8 inches long; hardly taper-' 

 ing at all; scales well closed; an excellent variety for forcing, being, 

 ready a fortnight before any other variety; gives a good crop in thej 

 open, but is riot' a very vigorous grower. | 



New White (Barr). — Stalks 6-8 inclies long; of uniform thick-| 

 ness ; scales well closed ; a splendid forcing variety and a good strongi 

 grower in the open. 



