REPORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSON 



269 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Sfrixg Wheat — Test of Varieties. 



s 



Name of Variety. 



1 Pringle's Champlain. 



2 Monarch 



3 Preston. . 



4 Bishop 



5 .Colorado 



6 Stanley 



ZJMcKendry's Fife. . . . 



8jLaurei 



9 'Hungarian White. . . 



10 Hayne's Blue Stem. . 



11 Advance 



12 White Fife 



13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 23 



Clyde 



Power's Fife 



Wellman's Fife . . 

 Australian No. 9. 



Countess 



Dawn 



Weldon 



Red Fife ..... . . 



White Russian . . 



Red Fern 



Minnesota No. 16? 



Percy 



Chester , . 



Huron 



Early Riga. . . . . . 



Herisson Bearded. 



bo 



a 



o 



is 



O.S 



D 



a 



104 

 108 

 104 

 104 

 104 

 107 

 108 

 108 

 104 

 109 

 104 

 108 

 108 

 109 

 108 

 110 

 108 

 105 

 109 

 107 

 108 

 105 

 109 

 109 

 110 

 104 

 101 

 104 



Inches. 



38-43 

 40-45 

 36-42 

 36-40 

 40-43 

 40-44 

 40-44 

 40-44 

 36-40 

 36-40 

 38-42 

 40-44 

 40-45 

 38-42 

 40-45 

 36-40 

 36-42 

 38-42 

 39-42 

 38-42 

 38-43 

 34-38 

 40-42 

 40-44 

 36-40 

 36-40 

 .?0 35 

 30-35 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Stiff 



Medium 

 Weak . . 



G to — 



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03 C^ 



63^ 



61i 



63 



62 



63 



61^ 



61 



60 



62 



62 



62 



62 



61i 



62 



61 



59^ 



61 



61| 



61 



60i 



59i 



62^ 



6o| 



60| 



61 i 



61 



62 



63 



EXPERIMENTS WITH MACARONI WHEAT. 



Four varieties of Macaroni wheat were grown in plots of one-fortieth acre each, 

 alongside of the other wheat plots. The land was similar in character and received 

 the same treatment as in the wheat plots and was sown at the same time (May 13). 

 These varieties are separated from the other wheats on account of their inferior mill- 

 ing qualities. The following are the yields obtained: — 



Macaroni Wheat — Test of Varieties. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH EMMER AND SPELT. 

 Two varieties each of Emmer and Spelt were sown May 13 in plots of one-fortieth 

 acre each. The land was similar to that on wliich the other wheats were sown and re- 

 ceived the same treatment. The yield from these plots is given in pounds, as with the 



