REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD. 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Spring Wheat — Test of Varieties. 



339 



Name of Variety. 



Goose 



2 Beaudry , 



3 Dions 



4 Rio Grande , 



5 Beauty 



6 Wellman's Fife.. . ., 



7 Laurel 



8 White Conuell 



9 Monarch 



10 Rideau 



11 Roumanian 



12 Bluestem 



13 White Russian 



14 White rife 



15 Red Fern ^.. 



16 Pringle's Champlain 



17 Red Fife 



18 Clyde 



19 Red Swedish 



20 Percy 



21 Alpha 



22 Countess 



23Dufferin 



24 Weldon 



25 Campbell's White Chaff 



26 Stanley 



27 Admiral 



28 Captor 



29 Progress 



30 Herisson Bearded 



31 Hungarian 



32 Preston 



33 Crown 



34 Blenheim 



35 Vernon 



36 Huron 



37 Advance 



38 Crawford 



39 Mason 



40 Blair 



41 Ebert 



42 Colorado 



43 Dawn 



44 Byron 



45 Norval 



46 

 47 

 48 



bo 

 a 



'a 



August 



Early Riga . 



Fraser 



Ladoga 



49 Plumper. . . 



50 Harold . . . 



bo 



_g 

 ^^ 



o 

 d 





bo 



0) 



20 

 20 

 20 

 21 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 22 

 20 

 20 

 21. 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 21 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 20 

 19 

 18 

 20 

 20 

 18 

 20 

 20 

 18 



18 

 18 



18 



L'l 



19 

 18 

 10 

 17 

 18 

 18 

 17 

 18 

 18 

 17 

 16 

 15 

 IG 

 18 

 16 

 18 



In. 



128[ 28 

 124! 29 



124 

 125 

 124 

 124 

 124 

 126 

 124 

 124 

 125 

 124 

 124 

 124 

 124 



33 

 32 

 29 

 32 

 35 

 30 

 30 

 28 

 33 

 36 

 30 

 30 

 28 



124 i 25 



125 

 123 

 123 

 123 

 124 

 123 

 122 

 124 

 124 

 122 

 124 

 124 

 122 



19 123 



122 

 122 

 122 

 125 

 123 

 122 

 123 

 121 

 122 

 122 

 121 

 122 

 122 

 121 

 120 

 119 

 120 

 122 

 120 

 122 



30 

 34 

 36 

 29 

 26 

 29 

 31 

 32 

 27 

 32 

 30 

 31 

 28 

 28 

 25 

 32 

 28 

 34 

 28 

 30 

 31 

 25 

 26 

 26 

 26 

 29 

 22 

 26 

 28 

 25 

 26 

 30 

 26 

 26 





u 

 c3 



e4 



o 



Weak 



Stiff. 

 Fair. 



Stiff. 



Fair 

 Stiff 



Fair . 

 Stiff . 

 Fai r . 



Stiff . 



Fair . 

 Stiff. 



Fair 

 Stiff 



Fair. 



Stiff. 



ti 

 Fair 

 Stiff 



Weak 

 Stiff 



Fair 



V. weak 



Stiff 



Fair 



Stiff 



Weak 



In. 





-a 



Bearded 



Beardless 



2 



2 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3 



24 



2 i Bearded 



3;i Beardless . 



3 



3 



2 Bearded 



2i 



3 

 3 



2* 



2i 



3 



3 



2h 



2i 



2h 



o 



2h' 



2h\ 



U! Bearded 



2"': 

 Hi 



2i 



2il 



2 



2i 



2|! Beardless. 



2i 



bo 



Beardless . 



Bearded . . 

 Beardless. 



Bearded . , 

 Beardless 



3 



2i 

 21 

 2| 



2| 



2i 



Bearded . . 

 Beardless . 

 Bearded . . 

 II . • 

 Beardless . 

 Bearded . . 



Lbs. 



4,010 



2,840 

 3,300 

 2,550 

 2,420 

 2,340 

 2,660 

 2,670 

 2,480 

 2,110 

 2,720 

 2,820 

 2,725 

 2,350 

 2,280 

 2,310 

 2,530 

 2,540 

 2,344 

 2,340 

 2,740 

 2,350 

 '2,1.^ 

 !2,76G 

 i2,180 

 12,090 

 '2,920 

 [2,420 

 2,130 

 ,2.700 

 -1,670 

 il,980 

 '1,090 

 l2,595 

 2,320 

 '2,660 

 2.500 

 2,100 

 1,910 

 2,010 

 2,020 

 1,760 

 1,470 

 1,480 

 2,100 

 1,220 

 1,930 

 2,270 

 1,480 

 1,600 





a 

 2 



>5 



Bush. Lbs. 



31 30 



29 20 



26 40 



25 50 



24 40 



24 20 



24 00 



23 50 



23 40 



23 10 



23 .. 



23 .. 



22 55 



22 30 

 22 



21 30 



21 20 



21 .. 



21 .. 

 21 . 



21 . 



20 50 



20 50 



20 40 



20 20 



20 10 



19 40 



19 40 



19 30 



18 20 



17 10 



17 .. 



16 50 



16 45 



16 20 



15 40 



15 .. 



be 



u 



^PQ 



Lbs 



60 



60* 



59" 



59* 



58" 



57* 



57" 



58 



58 



56 



60 



56 



57 



57 



58 



57 



57 



58 



59 



57 



58 



58 



58 



584 



.58" 



57* 



57' 



58 



58 



.58 



58 



58 



57 



55 



58 



58 



57 



Rusted. 



Considerably 

 Slightly. 



None. 

 Slightly. 



If 



tl 



None. 

 Slightly. 



Considerably 

 Slightly. 



None. 

 Slightly. 



Badly. 

 Considerably 



Slightly. 



Badly. 

 Slightly. 



II 

 Considerably 



Slightly. 



Badly. 



Slightly. 



Considerably 



Badly. 



Considerably 



Badly. 



16-22]^ 



