REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Spring "Wheat — Test of Yarieties — Concluded. 



281 



Xa:r.e of Variety. 



Blenheim Aug. 27 114 



Blair 



Wcllman's Fife .. 28 



Kio Grainie « 27 



Alplia » 28 



Minnesota 103 -. 30 



Percy .. 20 



Profijress m 27 



Red Swedish ,. 30 



ICarly Riga n 18 



Nerval <■ 25 



Advance « 27 



Cassell n 28 



Essex " 28 



Australian No. 19 .. 29 



Blue Stem ... m 30 



Beaudry « 20 



Crawford .. 25 



Ladoga m 22 



Australian No. 27 it 20 



Bishop II 25 



Huron « 28 



Weldon ., 29 



Preston « 27 



Byron 27 



Ebert .. 20 



Australian No. 23... . . ! ,, 28 



Pringle's Champlain.. . . I n 27 



Beauty u 20 



Plumper 20 



Australian No. 25 28 



Hungarian. ... n 28 



Harold .. 20 



Fraser i 25 



Japanese n 20 



Minnesota 181 31 



Vernon u 27 



bo 



_c 



'E 

 c 



C3 



ft 







20 113 

 115 

 114 

 120 

 117 

 112 

 119 

 117 

 110 

 111 

 113 

 115 

 115 

 120 

 "■22 

 113 

 110 

 109 

 110 

 112 

 114 

 121 

 113 

 113 

 lOf 

 115 

 113 

 118 

 112 

 115 

 115 

 100 

 111 

 100 

 117 

 113 



to 



B 

 1^ 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



In. 



51 

 42 



Stiff.. 



Weak 

 53'Stiff. 

 50 

 48 

 49 

 50 

 40 



51 -Fair. . 

 45; Weak 

 43| „ 

 42: Fair. . 



52 Stiff. . 

 50 t, 

 48 ,, 



53 „ 



47 ^V'eak 



54 M 



48 Fair. . 

 5l'Stiff. . 

 471 Weak 

 42 Stiff. . 

 55| M 

 43! „ 



41 Fair. . 



38 Weak , 

 53 Stiff. . 



39 Weak . 

 E2 Stiff. . 

 371 Weak. 

 52I Stiff. .. 



W^eak . 



52 

 37 

 41 Fair. 



49; Weak 

 48 Stiff. . , 



411 » 



T3 



at 



c 

 o 



In. 



4 



3 



3.1 



2l 



3l 



4" 



3i 



3S 



3; 



3l 



3" 



3 



4 



3" 



3h 



•> 

 O 



3i 



3i 



4 



3 



4 



3i 



3S 



■ I 



3 



4 



2i 



4"' 



3 



4 



4 



2h 

 4 

 2i 

 4" 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 





tc 



Bearded . 

 Beardless 



11 

 Bearded 

 Beardless 



Bearded 



Beardless 



Bearded 



M 



Beard les 



Bearded 

 Beardlc'i 

 Bearded 

 Beardless 



II 

 Bearded 

 Beardless 

 Bearded 



II 

 Beardless 



It 

 Bearded 

 Beardless 

 Bearded . 

 Beardless 

 Bearded 



Beardless 

 Bearded 



Lbs. 



5,775 

 4,290 

 5,280 

 5,075 

 5,33(; 

 0,970 

 0,435 

 6,270 

 5,850 

 5,120 

 4,510 

 4,440 

 5,950 

 5,125 

 0,045 

 f),000 

 0,045 

 4,900 

 4,945 

 5,700 

 4,000 

 4,070 

 5,940 

 4,510 

 4,140 

 4,200 

 0,120 

 4,920 

 5,735 

 4,550 

 5,320i 

 4,020, 

 4,050' 

 4,2551 

 3,520 

 4,025 

 2,775 



Yield |« 



per 

 Acre. -5; 



03 



30 

 30 

 30 

 29 

 29 

 29 

 29 

 29 

 28 

 28 

 28 

 28 

 28 

 27 

 27 

 27 

 27 

 27 

 20 

 20 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 23 

 23 

 23 

 22 

 18 

 14 



1-5 

 20 



50 

 40 

 40 

 20 

 10 

 40 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 50 

 40 

 40 

 20 



40 

 20 

 40 

 40 



40 

 40 

 30 

 20 

 20 

 20 



50 

 40 

 20 



26 

 50 



Lbs 



58 

 61 

 00 

 61 

 00 

 59 

 59 

 00 

 00 

 59 

 01 

 01 

 60 

 60 

 60 

 58 

 62 

 60 

 60 

 60 

 60 



Rusted. 



Slightly. 



Badlv. 

 Sligirtly. 



Badly. 

 Slightly. 



Biully. 

 Slightly. 



Badly. 



Slightly. 

 OOi Badly. 

 00 Slightly. 

 60| ,1 

 02! Badly. 



00; 



58 



61 



59| 



<;0 Slightly. 



571 Badly. 



63 Slightly. 



58| ,1 



60 Badly. 



58 I. 



59| 11 



59|Slightlv. 



Slightly, 

 Badly. 



Note. — Vernon was injured by flood. 

 Average Results of a Test of Twelve Varieties of Wheat for the past Five Years. 



