REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD. 



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Barley, six-rowed, test of varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



Excelsior (beardless) . 



Mensury 



Common 



Odessa 



Rennie's Improved. . . 

 Champion (beardless) 



Baxter's 



Phoenix 



Petschora 



Oderbruch 



Trooper 



Success (beardless). . . 



Summit 



Royal 



Surprise 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Fair 

 Stiff 



tt 

 tt 

 it 



Fair 

 Stiff 



CC 



CC 

 CC 



Fair 

 Stiff 

 Fail- 

 Stiff 

 Fair 



T3 

 +a 



5 5 



u 

 O 

 ft 



o 



& 



p- 



None. 



Two-rowed, test of varieties. 



Beaver . . 



French Chevalier 



California Prolific 



Sharpe's Improved Chevalier 



Thanet 



Duck-bill. 



Prize Prolific 



New Golden Grains 



Canadian Thorpe 



Danish Chevalier 



Newton 



Ki nver Chevalier 



Hybrid Barleys. 



A number of hybrid varieties of barley were originated at the Central Experimental 

 Farm, Ottawa, by crossing the two-rowed with the six-rowed sorts were tested on the 

 farm this year. 



The most promising of these are Pioneer and Bolton, both of which yielded over 

 thirty bushels per acre, the product of these plots has been set aside for further test 

 next year. 



For comparison a plot of Thanet barley was sown adjoining these hybrid varieties 

 and is included in the tables. These tests were also made on sandy loam on plots 

 of Jjr acre. 



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