156 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, * 
SPRING-SOWN ONIONS AT WISLEY, 1917. 
Forty-three stocks of Onions were sent in for trial in the spring of 
1917. The seeds were sown on land which had been occupied by peas in 
1916. After the peas were cleared away in August, mustard was sown, 
and the crop dug in in October, the ground remaining rough through 
the winter. The seeds were sown on March 20 in rows 14 inches 
apart, and, with the few exceptions which are noted below, germinated 
well, and growth was good until about the middle of May, by which 
time they had been dusted with soot three times. The Onion fly, 
which is always a serious pest at Wisley on spring-sown Onions, then 
made its appearance, and its attacks were only partially prevented 
by the use of paraffined sand sprinkled along the rows. The crop 
was consequently very irregular, and the weights produced are there- 
fore not included in the notes given below. On thinning, 6 inches 
was allowed from plant to plant. The Fruit and Vegetable Committee 
visited the trial on September 28 and recommended the following 
awards : 
Highly Commended (XXX). 
35. Ai, sent by Messrs. Sutton (F.C.C. 1893 (Sutton) ). 
20. Ailsa Craig, sent by Messrs. Dobbie. 
12. Bedfordshire Champion, sent by Messrs. Sutton. 
32. Champion, sent by Messrs. E. W. King. 
Commended (XX). 
25, 26. Up-to-Date, sent by Messrs. Nutting and Mr. Gray. 
In addition to the earlier award mentioned above, stocks of the 
following had received awards in previous trials : ' White Leviathan ' 
(A.M. 1917); 'Cranston's Excelsior* (A.M; 1907); 'White Globe* 
(F.C.C. 1883). 
Varieties. 
2. Improved Queen. 
3. White Leviathan. 
4. Nuneham Park. 
1.* Silver-skinned Pickling. 
16. Perfection. 
17. Improved Reading. 
8. Main Crop, Veitch's. 
9. Main Crop, Dobbie's. 
10. White Spanish. 
11. Improved White Globe. 
12.] 
13. Bedfordshire Champion. 
21. Ailsa Craig, Selected. 
22. Giant Lemon Rocca. 
23. Golden Globe. 
24. Sandy Giant. 
14. J 
15. The Sutton Globe. 
ID Up-to-Date. 
27. Prize Brown Globe. 
28. Trebons. 
29. Dan vers' Yellow. 
30. James' Keeping. 
See footnote, p. 107. 
