REPORT OF THE EXPERIMEXTALIST 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



263 



SPRIXG WHEAT — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



a, 



e 

 'A 



[I 



10 



11 



12 



11 

 15 

 10 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 20 

 SO 

 31 

 32 

 33 

 34 

 35 

 36 

 37 

 38 

 30 

 40 

 41 

 42 

 43 

 44 

 45 

 46 

 47 

 48 

 40 

 50 

 51 

 52 

 53 

 54 

 55 

 56 

 57 

 58 

 59 



Name of Variety. 



Byron'* 



Australian No. 28. 



N'ewdale* 



Wcldon* .. ^ . . 

 Australian No. 21 . 



Hasting;s* 



Achtiiral* . . 



Bis'.iop* 



Chester*....^. 



Australian No. 12. 



Benton* 



Advance* 



Redpath* 



yi.\on* 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 





Au?. 



Herisson Bearded 



Orleans* 



Plumper* 



Red Fern 



Dawson* 



Preston* 



Laurel* 



Clyde* 



Crawford* 



Countess* 



Colorado 



Ebert*; 



Pringle's Champlain. .... 



Dayton* 



Monarch 



Dawn* 



Percy* 



WiiiteFife 



Downy Riga* 



Gehun 



White Russian 



Early Riga* 



?;tanlcy* 



Praser* . . 



.McKendry's Fife (Minn. 181) 



Australian No. 19 



Rio Grande 



Power's Fife (Minn. 149) .... 



Minnesota No. 163 . 



Australian No. 15 



Riga* 



Australian F 



Red Fife 



Harold* 



Marvel 



Wellman's Fife 



Blue Stem 



Hunpnrian 



Pearl 



Tracey* 



IIaynes'BlueStem(Minn.lG9 



Huron* 



Sauniur 



Australian No. 9 



Ang. 

 July 

 Au-. 



July 

 July 

 Aug. 

 July 

 Aug. 

 July 

 Aug. 



^ 



1 

 10 

 3 

 9 

 10 

 2 

 5 

 4 

 1 

 3 

 9 

 4 

 4 

 9 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 8 



8 



2 



3 

 o 



28 

 3 



30 

 8 

 4 

 2 

 9 



28 



29 

 8 



28 

 2 



29 

 9 

 9 



Length 

 of 



Straw, 



includ- 

 ing 



Head. 



Inches. 



9g; 



100 



03j 



99 



100 



971 



95 



94 



9l! 



93 



99 



99 



99 



99 



99 



99 



99 



93. 



98 



99 



97 



93 



98 



92j 



93 



93! 



92j 



98 



941 



103 



99 



97 



99 



92 



93 



103 



92 



97 



93 



991 



99 



97 



99 



101 



100 



96 



98 



103 



92 



93 



103 



103 



102 



107 



104 



103 



99 



101 



97 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Stiff. 



^1 



Medium. 

 Stiff 



II 4c 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



39 to 41 



44 II 46 



45 ,1 47 



44 II 40 

 43 I. 45 



42 II 44 



41 I, 43 



47 .1 49 

 36 II 38 



39 M 41 



45 " 47 



43 II 45 



40 I, 42 



48 I, 50 



42 M 44i I, 

 39 II 41 ! M 



44 .1 46; ,1 



39 II 41 I, 



43 II 45 1. 

 48 II 50 „ 

 38 I, 40 „ 

 42 II 44| ,1 



41 ,. 43 

 38 .. 40 



44 II 48 



42 II 44 

 33 I, 40 

 38 II 40 



40 ,1 42 



38 I. 40 

 42 II 44 

 36 I, 38 

 40 II 42 



39 ,1 41] n 



40 II 42;Mediuin. . 

 40 „ 42;Stifi, 



39 1. 41 



36 ,1 38 

 So I, 37 

 42 ,1 44 

 35 .1 37 



40 II 48 



37 I. 3!) 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



u 



® u 



za bo 



■- = s o 



Inches. 



3| to 4^127 

 .3* 11 4^127 



3i 



3 

 3.^ 

 35 

 3" 



31 



3| 

 3i 

 3i 

 3| 



3| 

 i 



3| 

 3i 

 3i 



3i 



3i 



3 



Si 



Si 



3 



3 



3.i 



2i 

 3^ 

 oS 



3 



2:? 



4i 



3 



3i 



4 26 

 4 26 

 4*!25 

 3^25 

 4 125 

 4 124 

 3^^:24 

 4 |i;4 

 4 2i 

 4i23 

 4^123 

 23 



23 

 23 



4 



4ti23 

 4i|23 

 4J-22 

 44 23 



21 

 21 

 21 

 20 

 19 



3fl9 

 ?.S 19 



19 



3119 

 4 jlS 

 4J18 

 3^13 

 4 18 

 3ill8 

 3ijl7 

 4 '17 

 3^17 

 SJ18 

 3tl6 

 4i;16 

 3:^16 

 5 



^3 

 "^ 



H 

 3;? 



3^ 



4 



4 



3? 

 4 



4 



4i 



10 

 16 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 15 



!5 



15 

 14 

 14 

 14 



3v]4 

 4^ 13 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 11 



Rusted. 



n 

 X: 

 H? 



20 

 20 

 20 

 20: 

 40; 

 20 



40 

 40 

 40 

 20 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 20 



40 

 20 

 20 

 20 



20 

 49 

 40 

 20 



40j 

 201 



40 



40 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 20 

 20 

 40 

 40 

 20 

 20 



40 

 20 

 20 



20 

 40 

 401 

 20' 

 20| 

 20 



Lbs. 



63 

 60 

 61 

 59i 

 COh 

 62' 

 61| 

 63* 

 G2| 

 6l| 

 6U 

 60i 

 61i 

 59 

 60 

 63i 

 .60| 

 63| 



594 



6l| 



56i 



60 



61i 



61i 



62 



62 



61 



6U 



GO 



59i 



61 



60 



GO 



GO 



60 



60 



58i 



60| 



59 



6C3 



59J 



61 



58i 



60I 



60" 



59 i 



()0' 



60 



59 



56^ 



b7h 



61 



55 



58 



584 



595 



55 



5Si 



Badly. 



II 



Slightly. 

 Badly. 



Slightly. 



Cviisiderably. 



Badly. 



II 

 Considerably. 

 Badly. 

 jConsideraUy. 



Considerably. 

 Badly, 



Considerably 

 i Badly. 



Slightly. 



Badly. 



Considerably. 



Badly. 



II 



Considerably, 

 II 



n 



Badiy. 



CoBsiderabJy, 

 Badly, 



If 



Considerably. 

 Badly. 



Considerably 

 Badly. 



Considerably. 

 Badly. 



Considerably. 

 Badly. 



* Cross-bred varieties produced at the Experimental Farms are marked with an 

 asterisk. 



