REPORT OF THE EXPERIMEyTALIST 271 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



TWO-EOW BARLEY. 



Several additional varieties of two-row barley were included in tlie plots this 



season. 



Swedish Chevalier, Princess, Primus and Hannchen are selected strains of seed 

 from Sweden, kindly supplied to us through the courtesy of the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



Swan's Neck is another variety received from Sweden. 



The seed of all these new sorts was very plump and heavy. 



The plots of two-row barley were sown on May 4, the seed being used at the rate 

 of two bushels to the acre. The plots were one-fortieth of an acre. 



The yield per acre is expressed in ' bushels ' of 4S pounds. 



TWO-ROW CAni.EY— TEST OV VAIUETIES. 



01 



S 



3 



Name of Variety. 



Date 

 of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 





Lenprth 



1 Swedish Chevalier, 



2 Swan's Neck 



3 

 4 

 5 

 G 

 7 

 8 

 9 



Aug. 



"o s i Straw, 

 xS includi'g 



Head. 



Canadian Thorpe.. - 



French Chevaher... 



Princess Sialof 



Bestehorn's Kaiser 



Primiis 



Princess 



Stanrlwell 



lOjGordon* 



11 Invincible . . 



12Jarvis-' 



13]Brewei's Favourite. , 



14 Newton. 



15 



16 



17 



Danish Chevalier., 



Fulton* 



Clifford* 



18l Hannchen 



lO.Fichtel Mountain. 



Beaver* 



Sidney* 



Harvey* 



Pelhani* 



Plumage 



Maltster 



Logan* . . . , ; 



Dunham* 



20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 2.5 

 26 



92 

 92 

 92 

 93 

 97 

 95 

 92 

 94 

 95 

 91 

 96 

 89 

 96 

 96 

 92 

 91 

 91 

 90 

 95 

 89 

 91 

 94 

 91 

 96 



101 

 98 



100 



Character 

 of 



Straw. 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



Inches. 



25—27 

 32— 34j 

 28-30 

 31- 33| 

 28-30 

 26-28 

 31—33 

 28—30 

 28—30 

 30-32 

 27-29 

 40—42 

 27—29 

 26—28 

 33—35 

 34—36 

 34—36 

 26—28 

 30—32 

 39—41 

 31—33 

 33—35 

 33 — 35 

 32-34 

 25—27 

 31—33 

 32—34 



Medium 

 Stiff . . . 



It ... 



II . . 

 Medium 



Stiff" .. 

 Medium 



Stiff". . . 

 Medium 

 Stiff. .. 

 Medium 

 Stiff. .. 



n ... 



ir . . . 



It ... 



II ... 



Medium 

 Stiff . . . 



It . . . 



II ... 



II ... 



(I ... 



Medium 



Rusted. 



Slightly. 



Considerably. 



Slightly. 

 Considerably. 

 Slightly. 

 Considerably. 



Slightly. 

 Considerably. 



Slightly. 



Considerably. 



Slightly. 



II 

 Considerably. 



Slightly. 

 Considerably. 

 Slightly. 

 Considerably. 



Badly. 



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

 terisk. 



Most Productive Varieties of Two-row Barley. — Taking the average of the retunai 

 for the past five years, the varieties of two-row barley found to be the most produc- 

 tive at this Farm are : French Chevalier, Canadian Thorpe, Beaver and DanisJi 

 Chevalier. 



Earliest Varieties of Two-row Barley. — The earliest among the more productive 

 varieties of two-row barley grown at this Farm are : Beaver, Jarvis and Gordon, 

 These ripen, as & rule, about two days before French Chevalier and Canadinn Thorpe. 



