REPORT OF TEE CEREALIST 



147 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EMMER AND SPELT. 



The plots of Emmer and Spelt were sown on May 13, the seed being uted at the 

 rate of about one hundred and twenty pounds (or four bushels by measure) to the acre. 

 The soil was a loam of medium character. 



Common Emmer (often incorrectly called ' Speltz ') is one of the best varieties, 

 being less coarse and containing a larger proportion of kernel than most of the other 

 sorts. 



The varieties without names are new cross-bred sorts produced by the Dominion 

 Cerealist. 



Emmer and Spelt — Test of Varieties. 



CD 



.- 



s 



3 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



€ 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



10 



Name of Variety. 



Smooth Spelt. . . 



White Spelt 



Common Emmer, 



44 G 



45 E 



43F 



44 A 



44 D 



Double Emmer.. 

 Red Emmer .... 



44 F 



9K2 



9 J3 



43 E., 



55 C 



Red Spelt 



Date 



of 

 Sowing. 



April 22. 



i. 22. 



n 22. 



„ 13. 



ii 13. 



,, 13. 



>, 13. 



ii 13. 



„ 22. 



„ 22. 



M 13. 



„ 22. 



., 22. 



., 13. 



ii 18 



9->. 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Aug. 8. 

 8 

 2. 

 July 25. 



„ 23. 



ii 29. 



., 29. 



.. 29. 



ii 31. 

 Aug. 7. 

 July 28. 



,, 28. 

 Aug. 1. 

 July 28. 



„ 22. 

 Aug. 9. 



Weight 

 per mea- 

 sured 

 bushel 

 after 

 cleaning 



Lbs. 



31 



30 



41 



45 



41 



36 



39 



42 



31 



37 



50 



35 



37 



36 



433 



30 



The average yield of the sixteen plots was 2,085 lbs. per acre. 



OATS. 



Alpine, Early Blonde and Swedish Black are new varieties received from Prof. 

 G. Martinet, Director of the Botanical Station at Lausanne, Switzerland. They are 

 early-ripening sorts of considerable interest. 



The varieties under numbers are new cross-bred kinds produced at Ottawa. All 

 of them have the Chinese Naked oat as one parent and have inherited from that 

 variety the peculiarity of threshing out free from hull. 



The oat plots were sown April 27 to 29, the seed being used at the rate of about 

 two bushels per acre for most varieties, but in greater quantities whenever the oats 

 were of unusually large size. 



The yield per acre is expressed in pounds and also in ' bushels ' of thirty-four 

 pounds. 



* Named varieties and selected strains produced at the Central Experimental Farm 

 are marked with an asterisk. 



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