REPORT OF THE CEREALIST 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Spring Wheat — Test of Varieties. — Concluded. 



145 



Name of Variety. 



£■ 



05 

 CO 



07 

 08 

 09 

 70 

 71 

 72 



Red Fife M 



7 J 4 



Aurora* .... 



7 E3 



Bishop* .... 

 Marqui>*. . . 

 Red FernC* 

 Red Fern B 



Date 

 of 



•Sowing. 



Apr. 13. 



.. 13. 



n 13. 



,- 13. 



.. 13, 



„ 13 



,. 13 



ii 13 



5*03 



a. si 



"J 



O eg 



— If 3 " 



So 



:. 



Inch. 



35 

 42 

 33 

 40 

 38 

 37 

 37 

 37 



~ 



Average 

 Length 



of 

 Head. 



3Q 



10 

 10 

 8 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



Inches. 

 3i 



3 



3 



3* 



4" 

 4 



Yield Yield Weight per 



of of ! measured 



Grain , Grain bushel after 

 per Acre per Acre cleaning. 



Lbs. 



1,920 

 1,890 

 1,800 

 1,800 

 1,680 

 1,020 

 1,290 

 1,080 



Bu.Lbs. 

 32 .. 



31 

 3L 

 30 

 28 

 27 

 2i 

 18 



30 



Lbs. 



63-0 

 620 

 61 



010 

 63 5 

 03 

 02 

 625 



The average yield of the 72 plots was 2,310 lbs. (38 bushels 30 lbs.) per acre. 



MOST PRODUCTIVE VARIETIES OF SPRING WHEAT. 



Among the ordinary sorts of spring wheat, the following varieties have shown 

 unusual productiveness for a series of years at Ottawa: Preston, Huron, Pringle's 

 Champlain and Bishop. The first three are hard, red wheats with bearded head-. 

 Bishop is a beardless, early, white wheat, not usually soft in character. These four 

 varieties are good for flour production though the flour is not in the first rank for 

 strength and colour. 



Somewhat lower in yield but superior in the strength of their flour are Bed Fife, 

 Marquis and White Fife, all beardless. 



In the prairie provinces, Marquis stands very high for yield and should be used 

 to replace the other early-maturing varieties as far as possible, on account of its 

 greater value for export. 



The durum wheats, which, owing to their peculiar character and their unpopu- 

 larity with millers, should only be grown for special purposes, give good yields at 

 Ottawa, but are especially productive in rather dry climates, where they usually pro- 

 duce larger crops than the ordinary types of spring wheat. 



EARLIEST VARIETIES OF SPRING WHEAT. 



Some very early kinds of spring wheat have been grown on this Farm for several 

 years past but are not being distributed or recommended for general cultivation. 

 Farmers applying for very early sorts should remember that extreme earliness is 

 frequently associated with a rather small yield, short straw, liability to rust or some 

 other defect to which the more vigorous wheats are less subject. Many new varieties 

 of cross-bred origin are now under trial at Ottawa and the Branch Farms, and it i- 

 expected that one or two very early sorts of particular merit will be available for 

 distribution in about two years. 



The earliest wheats which are at present included in the regular distribution of 

 «oed grain from this Farm are Marquis and Stanley (beardless and having red 

 kernels). Bobs and Bishop are early beardless sorts which are not generally dis- 

 tributed because the pale colour of their bran would cause them to be graded below 

 their actual value in the Manitoba Inspection Division. Where this objection does 

 not apply, they are well worthy of test. The six varieties here mentioned are all 

 earlier in ripening than Bed Fife or White Fife. 



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