14 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



64 VICTORIA, A. 1907 

 Spring Wheat — Test of Varieties — Continued. 



Name of Variety. 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



/'. 



X 



cS 



'O . 



u^ be 

 OS 



2 S 



a 3 



>^ 



20 Cartier 



.SO Goose 



:<1 Advance 



32 Fraser 



;}3No. 2.5 (Australian). . 



;i4 Blair 



3.") No. 10 (Australian 1. . 

 .SO No. 23 (Australian). . 



■M White Fife 



38 Black Sea . 



3i) Cassel 



40 Alpha 



41 No. 27 (Australian I. 



42 White Conn<-ll 



43 Boyle 



44 Rio Grande 



4.5 Beaudry 



46 Norvar. 



47jMason . . 



48 Progress 



49 Ebert 



.50 Florence 



ni Herisson Bearded 

 .52 Robins' Rust Proof 



53 Vernon 



54 Powell 



55 Hungarian 



.50 Early Riga 



,57 White Chaff, Cam; 



bell's 



58 Bishop 



.51) Rideau 



60 Duff No. 13 (Austin 



lian) 



61 Dawn 



02 Ladoga 



((3 Japanese 



64 Angus .... 



65 Red Swedish 



66 Countess 



07 Essex 



08 Dawson . 

 0:» Dufferin . 



70 Benton 



71 Hastings 



72 Polonian 



Aug. 



10 

 17 

 12 



9 

 10 



9 

 16 

 14 

 14 



8 

 15 

 13 

 15 

 16 

 15 

 15 

 12 



7 



10 

 13 



7 

 13 

 13 

 14 

 13 

 15 

 16 



6 



104 

 111 

 lOfi 

 103 

 104 

 103 

 110 

 108 

 108 

 102 

 109 

 107 

 109 

 110 

 109 

 109 

 100 

 101 

 104 

 107 

 101 

 107 

 107 

 108 

 107 

 109 

 110 

 100 



Length 



. °^ 

 Straw. 



In. 



35-38 

 43-47 

 42-45 

 38-42 

 40-45 

 39—42 

 44—48 

 42—46 

 38—42 

 40—44 

 36-39 

 40-44 

 40-42 

 46-50 

 38-42 

 44-48 

 38—42 

 34—37 

 36-39 

 44—47 

 40—43 

 35—39 

 35-40 

 38-42 

 38-42 

 40—45 

 42—46 

 34—37 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Wenk 

 Stiff . 



Me-'liuin . 

 Stiff . .. 



Medium 

 Weak . . . 

 Stiff . . . . 

 Weak . . 

 Stiff .... 



Medium 



Weak , . 

 Stiff . . 



Mediuiii 

 Weak 



40—45 IStiff . 

 40—43 Weak 

 38-42 Stiff . 



43- 

 40- 

 36- 

 34- 

 38- 

 40- 

 40- 

 45- 

 45- 

 42- 

 37- 

 3(i- 

 36- 



-46 

 -44 

 40 

 37 

 42 

 -45 

 -45 



We:ik . . . 



Medium. 



Weak . . . 



Sfiff . . . 

 49 I Weak ... 

 49 ! „ 



Medium . 



Weak . . . 



40 

 40 

 -40 

 -40 



Stiff 



X 



be 



In. 



2J-3i 

 2'-3| 

 3 -4 

 2i-3i 

 3 -3i 

 3 — 3i 

 3 —35 

 3 -3| 

 3 -3i 

 3i-4| 

 3 -33 

 3-3| 

 3 —4 

 3 — 3i 

 3 — 31 

 3 -3| 

 •2\-U 

 3 — 3| 

 3 — 3| 

 3 -32 

 3 -34 

 2i-3i 

 2"-2| 

 3 — 3.\ 

 3 -3| 

 3 — 3l 

 3 — 3| 

 2i-3| 



3 — 3i 

 3 — 3i 

 2i— 3i 



3 — 3| 

 3 -3| 



2r^-3i 



2.^3" 

 3'-3S 

 3 -3| 

 2h-^h 

 3'-4"' 

 3 -3.? 



n-^ 



3 -3.^ 

 2 —3" 



4 —5 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



Bearded . 



Beardless. 

 Bearded . . 

 Beardless . 



Bearded . 

 Beardless 



Bearded. 



Beardlt 



Bearded . . 

 ti . , 

 Beardless 

 Bearded . . 

 Be.ardless 

 Bearded . 

 Beardless , 



40 

 20 

 20 

 20 



40 

 40 



Bearded . . 



Beardless. 

 Bearded . . 

 Beardless. 



Bearded . . 

 Beardle.ss . 



29 



29 



29 



29 



28 



28 



28 



28 



28 



27 



27 



27 



27 



27 



27 



20 



26 



26 



20 



20 



20 



26 



26 



26 



20 



20 



25 40 



25 20 



25 20 

 25 20 

 25 20 



40 

 40 

 20 

 20 



40 

 40 

 40 



40 

 20 

 20 



Rusted. 



to 



>A 



603 



62^ 



m 



59| 

 59 

 OOi 

 57" 



59§ 

 59 



(;o 



58i 



.5i»' 



00 



60i 



59i 



60' 



00 



001 



ml 



59' 

 02 



57A 



59I 



00 



6I2; 



59 



Considerably. 



Slightly. 

 Considerably. 

 Slightly. • 

 Considerably. 

 Slightly. 



Considerabl}'. 

 Slighily. 



Badly. 



Considerably. 



Badly. 



Slightly. 



Considerably. 



Badly. 

 Slightly. 



It 

 Considerably. 

 Badly. 



25 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 21 

 20 

 19 

 19 

 18 

 13 



40 

 40 



20 

 40 

 20 



20 



.56 ;Slishtly. 



In the foregoing list there are included forty-two of the new cross-bred sorts, which 

 liave been originated at the experimental farms. The names of these cross-bred sorts 

 are : — Huron, Blenheim, Preston, Laurel, Captor, Weldon, Admiral, Crown, Stanley, 

 Harold, Clyde, Plumper, Beauty, Crawford, Percy, Byron, Chester, Cartier, Advance, 

 Fraser, Blair, Cassel, Alpha, Boyle, ISTorval, Mason, Progress, Ebert, Florence, Vernon, 

 Powell, Early Riga, Bishop, Rideau, Dawn, Angus, Countess, Essex, Dawson, Dufferin, 

 Hcnton, Ha.stings. The origin and parentage of all these, excepting three, will be 

 found in the annual reports for 1896-7 and 1897-8. The thi-ee now added are the 

 following : — 



No. 43, Boyle, Beardless — Red Fife, female ; Ladoga, male. 



Xo. 44, Florence, Bearded — Alpha, female ; Hard Red Calcutta, male. 



No. 45, Powell, Beardlpvss — Red Fife, female ; Hard Red Calcutta, male. 



