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PEA TEIAL AT WISLEY, 1911. 



One Hukdred and sixty-seven stocks of peas were sent for trial. 

 Three separate sowings of each were made on the dates mentioned 

 below, all varieties being sown on the same day. They germinated 

 well, and notes were made as to the time of germination, flower- 

 ing, and readiness for picking. In one or two cases there was not 

 enough seed for the third sowing. 



By the following table it will be seen that with one or two exceptions 

 the early varieties were all ready to pick on or about June 13. 



" Eeady Eeckoner " (No. 112) was our earliest pea, fit to pick on 

 June 3, and a fine pea of the marrow-fat type. " Holmes' Seedling, 

 19 " (No. 125), of similar type was ready on June 4. Two others, 

 " Exonian " (No. 42) and " Sangster's No. 1 " (No. 116), were ready 

 on June 6, followed by " Primo " on June 8 and Al " on June 9. 



Owing to the great heat it was impossible to give reliable dates when 

 the late varieties were fit to pick in the last sowings. 



The sowings were made on the following dates : — 



1st Sowing. March 8. 

 2nd ,, April 21. 

 3rd May 22. 



F.C.C. =First Class Certificate. 



A.M. = Award of Merit. 



Varieties. 



*1. A.l. 



2. Abundance. 



3. Acme. 



4. Albion. 



5. America. 



6. American Wonder. 



7. ) A . 



20. Cotswold Hero. 



21. Criterion. 



22. Daffodil. 



23. Daisy. 



24. Dawn. 



25. Debarbieux. 



26. Discovery. 



27. Dreadnought. 



28. Duchess of York. 



29. Duchess of Albany. 



'30. Duchess of Albany (selected). 



31. Dwarf Defiance. 



32. Early Duke. 



33. Early Dwarf. 



34. Early Hardy. 



35. Early Morn. 



36. Eclipse. 



37. Eight Weeks. 



9. Battleship. 

 1 Best of All. 



12. Bountiful. 



13. Borderer. 



14, British Columbia. 



15. Caledonia. 



16. Centenary. 



17. Chancellor. 



18. Chelsea Gem. 



19. Continuity. 



I 38. Evergreen Delicatesse. 

 * See footnote, p. 399. 



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