CELERIAC AT WISLEY, 1916. 
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CELERIAC AT WISLEY, 1916. 
Sixteen stocks of Celeriac were received for trial in 1916. The seed 
was sown in pots on March 20 and raised under glass, pricked out 
into boxes on April 11, and planted in the open ground in shallow 
trenches on June 8. The plants were 2 feet apart, in rows 2 
feet apart. The ground was occupied by the cabbage trial of 1915, and 
when the cabbages were removed it was deeply dug, but no manure 
was added. 
All plants in the trial remained free from the leaf-spot which 
affected the Celery (see Celery Trial), although some stocks of seed 
showed infection. All the seed was steeped in hydrogen peroxide, 
as is there described, before sowing (p. 109). 
The Fruit and Vegetable Committee inspected the plants, which 
had made excellent growth, on December 14, and selected the following 
as the best in the trial : 
No. 1. Celeriac from Messrs. Sutton. 
3. Celeriac from Messrs. Sydenham. 
12. Delicatesse from Messrs. Barr. 
15. Late Summer from Messrs. Barr. 
These were all highly commended (XXX). 
All the varieties withstood without damage and unprotected the 
severe frosts of February 1917. 
1*. Sutton's Strain (Sutton), XXX December 14, 1916. — Bulbs large, 
smooth, solid ; plants dwarf, with little foliage. 
2. Common (Barr). — Bulbs of medium size, rather warty, solid ; 
plant tall, with much foliage. 
3. Ordinary (Sydenham), XXX December 14, 1916. — Bulbs 
large, fairly smooth, solid ; plants of medium height, with moderate 
foliage. 
4. Early Large-rooted (Barr). — Bulbs of medium size, fairly 
smooth and solid ; plant of medium height, with moderate foliage. 
Not quite true to name. 
5. Large-rooted (Carter).- — Bulbs large, fairly smooth, rather 
hollow ; plants of medium height, with moderate foliage. 
6. Giant Prague (Hurst). — Bulb large, fairly smooth, solid ; plant 
tall, with much foliage. Very like 16, but more solid. 
7. Short-leaved (Barr). — Bulb large, rather rough; plants mixed, 
of tall and medium height, with moderate foliage. 
8. Giant Short-leaved (Barr). — Bulb large, fairly smooth, slightly 
hollow ; plants mixed, of tall and medium height, with moderate foliage. 
* All plants grown in the Trials are known by a number only until the trial 
is finished and judgment completed. 
