44 SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



48103 to 48144^-Contmiied. 



48103 to 48114. Avexa sativa L. Poacese. Oats. 



48103. Bonanza. "A midseason white oat grown to some extent in 

 the northern United States." (C. W. Warhurton.) 



48104. Clydesdale. "An old Scotch variety grown to some extent in 

 the northern United States." (C. TV. Warhurton.) 



48105. Danish Island. "A midseason white oat grown to some ex- 

 tent in the United States." (C. W. Warhurton.) 



48106. Dun. "An English winter oat similar to the Winter turf of 

 the United States." (C. W. Warhurton.) 



48107. Gold Queen. " Obtained by the Department of Agriculture, 

 Victoria, from Mr. J. W. Broatch, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan." 

 (Richardson.) 



48108. Norway King. " Obtained by the Department of Agriculture, 

 Victoria, from Mr. J. AV. Broatch, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan." 

 (Richardson.) 



48109. *Ruakura. "A rust-resistant oat developed from a single 

 plant of Argentine oats selected by Primrose McConnell, of the 

 Ptuakura Experiment Farm, New Zealand, in 1908. This variety 

 appears to be resistant to both stem and crown rust in the United 

 States, but experiments here indicate that it has little commercial 

 value. It is of probable interest to plant breeders." (C. W. 

 Warhurton. ) 



" It has never been claimed that the new oat is apparently 

 rustproof. What can be claimed is that it is the most resistant 

 to disease of all the varieties tested at Ruakura." (Journal of 

 Agriculture, New Zealand, vol. 6, p. 133.) 



"This oat was imported from New Zealand, having originated 

 as a variation in a crop of Argentine oats at the Ruakura Experi- 

 ment Farm, in the Dominion. It is claimed that it is rust resist- 

 ant and a wonderful yielder. It has not been tried sufficiently long 

 in this State to allow of any further comment, except that when 

 sown beside Algerian, on the south coast this season, it promised 

 particularly well and compared more than favorably with that 

 variety from a green-fodder point of view." (Agricultural Gazette, 

 New South Wales, vol. 25, p. 1018.) 



48110. Sunrise. "This is a very early oat, ripening quite a week 

 before Algerian. The straw is a foot taller than that variety 

 and liable to lodge in some seasons, though of much the same stout- 

 ness as Algerian. It stools rather sparsely, and the grain is 

 fairly long, grayish white, plump, with a thin husk. Svnri-se is 

 recommended only for the warmer districts and should not be 

 sown so early as Algerian. It occupies a similar place among oats 

 to Firhank among wheats. It is a natural crossbreed from 

 Algerian oats. Among the oats recommended for further trial 

 at the Experiment Farms." (Agricultural Gazette, New South 

 Wales, vol. 25, pt. 3, p. 236.) 



48111. Sicedish. " Presumably the well-known midseason white oat, 

 Swedish Select." (C. W. Warhurton.) 



" Forwarded from the Panama Exposition, San Francisco, to 

 the Department of Agriculture, Victoria." (Richardson.) 



