REPORT OF THE CEREALIST 



213 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Common Emmer (often incorrectly called ' Speltz ') is one of the best varieties, 

 being less coarse and containing a larger proportion of kernel than most of the other 

 sorts. 



Emmer and Spelt — Test of Varieties. 



^ 1 



Name of Variety. 



1 Double Emmer. 



2 

 3 

 4 



5 

 6 



7' 



8 



f) 



10 



Common Emmer 

 Smooth Spelt . . . 



Red Spelt 



Red Emmer . . . 

 Thick Emmer . . . 

 White Spelt.. .. 

 White Emmer. . . 



9 J .3 



9K2 



21 



20 



26 



6 



7 



? So 



o =* 



88 



88 



106 



106 



105 



107 



106 



112 



92 



93 



Average] 

 length of 

 strawin- 

 cluding 

 head. 



eS O 



o a 



Inches. 



30 



28 

 24 

 26 

 28 

 26 

 24 

 30 

 26 

 20 



ce-s 



Average 

 Itsngth 



aa ^ 5. of head. 



m 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



Inches. 

 If 



n 



3 



2i 



3 

 2 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



Lbs. 



990 

 810 

 750 

 720 

 630 

 570 

 390 

 360 

 360 

 180 



Lbs. 



30^ 



36 



27 



26^ 



32i 



27" 



25 



27 



34 



29i 



Rusted. 



Considerably. 

 Badly. 



Considerably. 



OATS. 



Owing to the wet weather the plots of oats could not be sown until May 15 and 

 16 — ^much later than the usual time. The seed was used at the rate of about 2 

 bushels x>er acre for most varieties, but in greater quantities whenever the oats were 

 of unusually large size. The soil was a rich loam. 



Considering the unfavourable character of the season, a fair crop was obtained 

 from most of the varieties. Slight variations in the character of the soil made, how- 

 ever, unusually large variations in the returns. 



Abundance and Joanette were so unfortunately situated that the yields obtained 

 from them were altogether misleading and are therefore omitted from the following 

 table. 



The yield per acre is expressed in i)ounds and also in ' bushels ' of 34 pounds. 



* Varieties and selected strains produced at the Central Experimental Farm 

 are marked with an asterisk. 



