l6o JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
BROAD BEANS AT WISLEY, 1917. 
Forty-nine stocks of Broad Beans were included in the trials in 
1 91 7, among them being some which had gained awards in earlier 
trials, and which were added for comparison with the newer comers. 
The ground in which they were grown was double-dug and well 
manured in the previous autumn, and the seed was sown on March 16 
in double rows 9 inches apart and zigzagged, the seeds being 12 inches 
apart. Three feet separated one double row from the next. Germina- 
tion and growth were good in all varieties, but a check was imposed 
by a severe attack of the bean weevil (Sitones lineatus), but after this 
had been overcome growth again developed well. Only one plant 
was attacked by the black fly, and the prompt removal of this prevented 
its spread. The set of pods was not good, only the early flowers 
producing pods as a rule ; these, however, developed well in every 
case. 
The Vegetable Committee inspected the Trial on July 6 and 
recommended the following awards : 
Award of Merit. 
5. Broad Windsor (Dobbie). 
26. Exhibition Longpod (Dobbie). 
43. Green Giant (Sutton). 
Highly Commended (XXX). 
22. Erdington Gem (Holder & Tilt). 
1. Giant Windsor (Sutton). 
41. Green Leviathan (Carter). 
10. Green Windsor (Sutton). 
2. Mammoth Windsor (Carter). 
25. Prizetaker Exhibition Longpod (Bunyard). 
33. Prolific Longpod (Sutton). 
Commended (XX). 
39. Invicta (Nutting). 
8. Market Garden Windsor (Carter). 
Besides those indicated above as having received awards in earlier 
trials, the following which had previously received awards were repre- 
sented : 
17. Champion Longpod, A.M. July 1, 1897 (Dobbie). 
28. Exhibition Longpod, A.M. July 1, 1897 (R. Veitch). 
40. John Harrison, A.M. July 24, 1883 (Laxton). 
34, 35. Leviathan, A.M. June 30, 1908 (Carter). 
18. Mammoth Longpod, F.C.C. July 10, 1894 (Carter). 
14, 15. Seville Longpod, F.C.C. July 10, 1874 (Vilmorin). 
