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visit, as it was on the occasion of his previous visit in 1891. The rain, however, did not 

 prevent him from going through the orchards, and it was encouraging to hear his kindly 

 words of commendation on the progress made since 1891. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH FALL WHEAT. 



Test of Varieties — Sown in plots of -^th acre each. 



Name 



of 



Variety. 



Willits 



Stewart 



Johnson 



Canadian Velvet 



Chaff. 

 Democrat 



Manchester . . . 



Early Red Clawson 

 Martin's Amber. 



Royal Prize Red 

 Tasmania 



Golden Cross., . . 

 Carter's K 



Carter's E 



Square Head 



White Queen . . . 



Carter's C 



Carter's B 



Carter's F 



Carter's G . . 



Carter's A 



Carter's D 



Carter's J 



Carter's H 



Volunteer 



Fill Measure 



Kind of Head. 



Bald white 

 chaff. 



IB 



19 

 22 



99 



Bearded white 



chaff. 

 Bald white 13 



chaff. 

 Bearded white|19 



chaff. 

 Slightly beard- 23 



ed red chaff . I 

 Bald red chaff. 1 27 

 Slightly beard- 14 

 ed white chaff 

 Bald red chaff. 22 

 Bearded red 23 



chaff. 



23 

 26 



21 

 22 



20 

 Bald red chaff.: 19 

 Bald whitej20 

 chaff. 



..21 



..120 



Bald red chaff. 14 



22 



Bald white 

 chaff. 



29 



4 



20 



Bald white 

 chaff. 



Bearded red 



chaff. 

 Bald white 



chaff. 



521 



131 



4S 



3 

 13 



7 

 20 



101 



12 

 38 

 38 



36 



2 



14 



15J 



46 



56 



441 



36 



Proportion 



Rusted. 



Xo smut. 



Baldly winter- 

 killed, no smut. 



Winter- ki lied, 

 stooled well, no 

 smut. 



Partly winter- 

 killed. 



Badly winter- 

 killed. 

 Uneven growth. 



Considerable 

 smut. 



Some smut. 



