REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SHARPE 

 SESSIONAL PAPFR No. 16 



381 



an acre and promised to be an extra heavy crop, but the very hot weather durinj? the 

 latter part of July ripened it a little too hurriedly, bo that although fine and bright in 

 colour, the berry is not aa plump as was expected. 



Fourteen varieties of two-rowed, and eighteen varieties of six-rowed barley were 

 tested. There was no smut or rust on any of the barley plots. 



Six-rowed Barley — Test op Varieties. 



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IS 



Name of Variety. 



Date of 

 Ripening. 



Mensury 



Odessa 



Empire 



Blue Long Head 



Claude 



Nugent 



Yale 



Trooper 



Stella 



Common . 



Argyle 



Brome 



Champion 



Oderbruch 



Albert . 



Summit 



Manstield 



July 



Royal . 



25. 



25. 



27. 



27. 



24 



2d. 



27. 



30. 



23 



26, 



28. 



28. 



23. 



26. 



25. 



30. 



28. 



26. 



n 



oi 



Obi 

 0.9 

 - fa 



c _. 



5S 



12; 



100 

 100 

 102 

 102 



99 

 101 

 102 

 105 

 103 

 101 

 103 

 103 



98 

 101 

 100 

 105 

 103 

 101 



f.1 



Lbs. 



48 



49 



50 



44i 



51 



49 



49 



40.!; 



A&l 



48' 



49| 



50 



44 



51.i 



50 



hl\ 



49 



49^ 



Two-ROWED Barley — Test op Varieties. 



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10 



11 



12 



13 



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Name of Variety. 



Clifford .. . 



Swedish Chevolier 

 French Chevalier. 



Dunham 



Danish Chevalier 



Sidney 



Harvey . . 



Standwell .... . . 



Beaver 



Invincible 



Gordon 



Jarvis 



Canadian Thorpe. 

 Logan 



Date of 



Ripening. 



July 2S. 



,. SO. 



1. 31. 



I. 31. 



u 31 



n 30 



.. 31. 



Aug. 1.. 



July 30. 



„ 31. 



., 31 



Aug. 1. . 



July 30. 



H 30 







103 

 105 

 106 

 106 

 106 

 105 

 106 

 107 

 105 

 106 

 106 

 107 

 105 

 105 



Character 



of 

 Growth. 



Strong 



Medium 

 Strong 



M-4 



0. -'■' 



In. 



48 

 41 

 46 

 42 

 40 

 48 

 41 

 46 

 40 

 42 

 45 

 42 

 42 



Weight 



of 

 Straw. 



Lbs. 



3,.S20 

 2,9.50 

 3,400 

 2,400 

 3,420 

 4,040 

 3,240 

 3,000 

 3,400 

 2,840 

 2,980 

 3,760 

 2,000 

 4,000 



o 



tL i> 

 01 '^ 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



In. Bubh. Lbs. 



46 

 42 

 41 

 41 

 41 

 41 

 40 

 40 

 37 

 36 

 34 

 34 

 32 

 27 



32 

 14 

 42 

 32 

 12 

 2 



40 



24 

 32 

 36 



8 

 44 



4 



.£f 3 



Lbs. 



51 

 52 



52 



4:)i 



52 



51i 



50 



53 



52 



49 



52 



48 



51i 



49 



