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MISCELLANEOUS VEGETABLES AT WISLEY, 1911, 

 Beoad Bean. 



Brookland's Prize Green Longpod (Deal). — Height, 2 J feet; haulm, 

 strong, light green; pods, light green, 8 to 10 inches long, containing 

 on an average 6 large, sweet, full- sized beans. 



EuNNER Bean. 



•Empress (Deal). — A vigorous variety with curved pods of medium 

 length; flavour good; crop fair; flowers scarlet and white. 



Lady Byron (Newberry). — Growth vigorous; foliage and pods of 

 medium size; crop poor; flowers scarlet. 



Prince of Pengwern (Jackson). — A useful variety t)f vigorous habit 

 with long straight pods of good flavour; crop good; flowers scarlet. 



Cabbage (1910-11). 



Dreadnought (Wheeler). — A moderate grower producing a fairly 

 good heart; leaves broad; inclined to be wrinkled; mid-ribs and veins 

 often tinged with purple. 



Harbinger (Sutton), A.M. May 9, 1911. — An excellent early cab- 

 bage, producing a good, firm heart; compact and tidy in growth; 

 leaves broad and slightly glaucous. 



Imperial (Wheeler). — A strong, compact grower, producing useful 

 medium sized hearts ; leaves broad, with a purplish mid-rib. 



Cabbage (1911). 



Alpha (Wheeler). — A medium sized cabbage of the * Little Pixie ' 

 type ; the outer leaves are large and spreading, and the head of medium 

 size, firm and conical. The variety comes into use early. 



Christmas Drumhead (Nutting), A.M. December 12, 1893. — A 

 splendid late variety of large size having glaucous leaves and prominent 

 mid-ribs and veins. The head is roundish in shape and very firm and 

 solid. 



Daniel's Defiance (Nutting). — A medium sized plant of the ' Enfield 

 Market ' type, with rather large outer leaves and a conical head. 



Dreadnought (Wheeler). — This variety is of the ' Drumhead ' type, 

 with rather large crinkled outer leaves, and a medium sized firm head. 



Drumhead (dwarf) (Holmes). — A good selection of this well-known 

 ;type with spreading glaucous outer leaves and a rounded firm head 

 I of large size. 



Drumhead (large) (Hohnes). — Very similar to the last-mentioned 

 variety, but having rather more crinkled leaves and being a trifle 

 j later. 



Earliest (Nutting). — A medium sized variety with a small spread 

 "if outer leaves and a good useful conical heart; comes into use early. 



