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SAUNDERS* CROSS-BRED WHEATS. 



Samples consisting of 20 grains each ot the following varieties were 

 planted. Beds 10 feet long and 4 feet wide were prepared, and the cross-bred wheats 

 were planted in rows 1 foot apart in the row and the rows 3 feet apart, one 

 row of 10 grains of some of the well-known varieties being planted in centre of each 

 bed for comparison. 



Variety. 



Bed No. 1. 

 Alpha 



Bearded Alpha . 



o 



02 

 CO 



Apr. 24 



ft 

 a 



CO 



J3 



May 4 



u 



zn 



tlD 



a 



Feet, 

 3ito4 



do 24 do 4 



Judket. 



Bed No. 2. 

 Abundance.. . 



Rio Grande. 



Bed No. S. 

 Beta 



do 24 



do 24 



do 4 



do 4 



do 24 do 4 



do 24 



Bed Fife. 



Bed No. 4. 

 Ottawa 



do 24 



3 

 O 



w 



July 4 





4 do 4 



4i 



3 to 3| 



Aug. 24 



do 24 



do 6 



do 5 



do 4 



do 24 



do 4 



do 4 



34 



do 7 



do 5 





Oz. 



12^ 



do 27 



do 23 



20 



4| 



2ito3 



do 20 



do 28 



n 



do 9 do 28 



do 9 



do 26 



10^20 



10 



20 



15 



Remarks. 



10 



3|10 7 



13 



2010 



(Alpha, 20 grains ;' Judket, 10 grains*) 

 Only 17 grains of Alpha germinated, and 

 two of these, when headed out, proved to 

 be a different variety, being strongly 

 bearded. The Alpha is bald. 

 Alpha stooled well ; heads medium length, 

 and fairly compact ; berry bright, clear 

 amber ; medium long, but not plump ; no 

 smut. The bearded variety made a 

 vigorous growth ; straw long, bright and 

 harder than the bald or Judket, which 

 was in the same bed. 

 Judket — 8 kernels germinated ; straw long, 

 coarse and soft ; laying down badly ; 

 heads long and very open, the breasts 

 being very far apart. 



(Abundance, 20 grs. ; Rio Grande, 10 grs.) 

 Abundance^l5 grains of this variety gi'ew, 

 but later on G were cut off by worms, 

 leaving 9 to come to maturity. This 

 variety did not stool out well, and the 

 heads were very uneven in length ; some 

 were over 5 inches long, but not well 

 filled ; some of the heads were much 

 shorter, but better filled. Straw fairly 

 bright and stiff, standing up very well. 

 Grain bright and clear, and a much 

 plumper berry than Alpha. 

 Rio Grande — Only 3 feeble plants came to 

 maturity, the cut-woriis taking all the 

 others, and injuring tlio.se left. 



(Beta, 20 grains ; Red Fife, 10 grains.) 

 Beta — All the grains of this variety ger- 

 minated, but 7 were destroyed by cut- 

 worms. Straw bright and stiff ; medium 

 in length ; stooled fairly well ; heads 

 medium in length ; compact and well 

 filled to tips with bright, plump berries 

 of medium size. 

 Red Fife — All the grains of this variety 

 germinated ; 3 were taken by cut- worms ; 

 straw medium in length ; bright and 

 hard ; standing up well ; heads compact ; 

 of medium length : well filled. 



(Ottawa, 20 grs. ; Anglo Canadian, 10 grs.) 

 Ottawa — 15 grains of this variety ger- 

 minated, but only 10 reached maturity ; 

 straw long, but rather weak, laying 

 down before heading out, and did not 

 fill well ; stooled well ; heads medium 

 in length and compact, but not fiUed 

 out ; grain small but plump. 



