REPORT OF TEE EXrERIMENTALIST 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



ilACAROXI WHEAT TEST OF VARIETIES. 



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Name of Variety. 



Roumanian 



Velvet Don 



Goose 



Ghamovka 



Black Don 



Yellow Gharnovka. 



Kubanka 



Kahla 



Mahmoudi 



Medeah 



Beloturka 



Date 

 of 



Ripen- 

 ing. 



oil 



Length 

 of 



Straw, 

 includ- 

 ing 

 Head. 



Aug. 



108 

 101 

 100 

 105 

 100 

 105 



99 

 104 

 105 



00 

 101 



Inches. 



50 to 



45 .. 



48 ,. 



48 ,. 



45 .. 

 £3 „ 



49 ,. 

 41 „ 



46 .. 

 48 ,. 

 39 » 



Cliaracter 



of 



Straw. 



I 



Stiff..... 

 Medium . 



Stiff. 



Medinm. 

 Stiff ..... 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



Inches. 



to 



3 

 3 



H 

 2I 



3 



3 



2| 



3 



3 



2f 



Yield 

 per 



Acre. 





39 40 



36 20 



35 20 

 35 

 33 



31 20 



30 20 



26 20 



26 .. 



24 20 

 24 



Lbs. 

 63 



62i 



63 



63 



63i 



60^ 



59 



59i 



64 



Rusted. 



Considerably. 



Badly. 

 Considerably 



Badly. 

 Considerably. 



These varieties of macaroni wheat have not been ^own long enough to permit 

 the drawing of definite conclusions as to their relative yield and earlincss through a 

 series of years. Roumanian can, however, be recommended for its large yield. 



POLISH OR CORN WHEAT. 



Much attention has lately been given by the public to a variety of macaroni wheat 

 called ' Polish ' or ' Polonian ' or ' Com Wheat ' or ' Giant Eye.' This wheat is char- 

 acterized by extremely large, bearded heads and long yellowish kernels, and is alto- 

 gether very striking in appearance. It has, however, been rejected from the larger 

 test plots at this Farm on account of its uniformly very small yield, and its great bus- 

 oeptibility to rust. During the four years ending in 1903 the following average yields 

 were given by Polish, Goose, Red Fife and Preston wheats : — 



Yield per Acre. 

 Bush. Lbs. 



Polish 13 33 



Goose 27 3 



Red Fife 31 23 



Preston 33 55 



WINTER WHEAT. 



Several varieties of winter wheat which had not previously been tested at this 

 Farm were added to the uniform plots this year. They were all obtained from seeds- 

 men in America (chiefly in Ontario), except the two Russian sorts, Kharkov and Padi, 

 which were kindly furnished by the Department of Agriculture of the United States. 



EharJcov (Washington, Xo. Y786). — This is a bearded variety with rather small 

 heads and with smooth, yellowish chafF. The kernels are red, rather small and 

 unusually hard for winter wheat. This is a very promising variety for flour-making. 



Padi (Washington, No. 9129). — This resembles Kharkov in almost every respect 

 except that the heads are beardless. 



Abundance, American Banner, Red Chief, Early ^Yindsor, Invincible and Pros- 

 perity are beardless varieties; and Silver Sheaf is a bearded sort. 



The plots of winter wheat were sown on September 10, 1903. All the plots were 

 one-fortieth of an acre, and the seed was used at the rate of 1| bushels to the acre. 



When winter set in the plots were looking well, but when growth commenced in 

 spring many of the plots were thin or bare in some spots owing to winter-killing. In 



