400 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
One hundred and three stocks of Spring Cabbages were received 
at Wisley for trial, representing sixty-three varieties, one of which 
was red. The seed was sown on August 7, and the germination 
was fairly good. The seedlings were planted out on September 27, 
on moderately-manured and deeply-dug ground. The season was 
rather a trying one, especially in the early months of 1916, owing 
to the exceptionally late and heavy snow and frosts, followed by 
cold rains and then drought, but, on the whole, the bed of cabbages 
was a very good one. The cultivation was under the charge of Mr. J. 
Wilson, foreman in the Vegetable Department. 
A sub-committee of the Fruit and Vegetable Committee inspected 
the trial on two occasions, viz. May 8 and June 2, and selected the 
following as the best in the trial : — 
First-class Certificate. 
No. 85, 'Ellam's Early Dwarf.' 
Award of Merit. 
No. 29, ' Eclipse Summer Cutting ' (Barr) ; 33, ' First and Best ' 
(Barr) ; 73, ' Harbinger ' (Sutton). 
Highly Commended (XXX). 
No. 22, ' Flower of Spring ' (Veitch) ; 34, ' First and Best ' (Barr) ; 
71, 'April' (Sutton) ; 102, 'Spring Beauty' (Bath). 
Commended (XX). 
No. 30, ' Early Favourite ' (Farr) ; 31, ' Favourite ' (Sutton). 
SPRING CABBAGES AT WISLEY, 1915-16. 
Varieties. 
*i. Red Dutch Pickling. 
^' j- Defiance. 
4-} Enfield Market. 
6. Seedling. 
^•[Enfield Market. 
21. 
22. 
23- 
24. 
Flower of Spring, 
29. Eclipse Summer Cutting. 
30. Early Favourite. 
32 J favourite. 
I2A 
13- 
*4- .Early Offenham. 
16. 
17/ 
18. Early Rainham. 
19. Mammoth Beef heart. 
* All plants sent for trial in the Wisley Gardens are grown under number 
and by this alone are they known until judgment is completed, 
