488 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
SPRING-SOWN BEET AT WISLEY, 1917. 
Seventy-three stocks of beet were sent in for spring-sowing in 1917. 
They were all sown on May 9 on ground which had carried late potatos 
in the previous year, after which mustard had been sown and dug in 
in early September. No m mure had been applied to this plot since 
1914. The drills were 18 inches apart, and the plants were thinned 
to 8 inches apart in the rows on June 12. All the stocks germinated 
well and made excellent growth. Mr. Wright, the Superintendent, 
and Mr. J. Wilson, Fruit Foreman, were responsible for the cultiva- 
tion. The Fruit and Vegetable Committee judged the early varieties, 
Nos. 1 to 21, on July 27 and the remainder on September 28, and made 
the following recommendations for awards : 
First-class Certificate. 
No. 41. Green-top, Sutton's Strain (Sutton). 
Award of Merit. 
No. 45. Cheltenham Green-top (Sydenham). 
38. Co vent Garden Compact Top (Barr), which the Committee 
considered identical with Dewar's Northumberland Red. 
57. Exhibition, Brydon's (Barr). 
2. Globe, Sutton's Strain (Sutton). 
36, 37. Northumberland Red, Dewar's (Barr, Nutting). 
49. Perfection, Sutton's (Sutton). 
53. Selected Red, Nutting's (Nutting). 
3. Turnip-shaped, Dewing's (Barr). 
Highly Commended (XXX). 
No. 19. Egyptian, Crosby's (Barr). 
67, 68, 69. Deep Blood-red Non-bleeding (McLennan, R. Veitch, 
Bell). 
65. Black, Sutton's (Sutton). 
66. Purple, Dobbie's (Dobbie). 
The Committee considered Nos. 65 and 66 to be identical. 
48. Market Favourite (Sutton). 
9. Selected Globe (Dobbie). 
29. Intermediate, Veitch's (Sutton). 
73. Nonpareil Red, Yates' (Barr). 
Commended (XX). 
No. 11. Crimson Globe (Notcutt). 
52. Exhibition, Pragnell's (Barr). 
31. Perfection, Carter's (Carter). 
23. Queen of the Blacks (Barr). 
Of the foregoing, Cheltenham Green -top had received A.M. in 1896 
when sent by Messrs. Watkins & Simpson, J. Veitch, Yates, and 
Nutting ; Globe in 1908 when sent by Messrs. Sutton ; and Nutting's 
Selected Red in 1908 when sent by MessrSo Barr, Carter, and J. Veitch. 
