REPORT OF THE CEREALIST 151 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



MOST PRODUCTIVE VARIETIES OF SIX-ROW BARLEY. 



Among the most productive sorts which have been tested for several years at this 

 Farm are Manchurian A and Odessa. Manchurian is a selected strain of Mensury. 

 This selection has surpassed in yield both the original Mensury from which it was 

 derived and the closely-related Mandscheuri. These two are therefore being discon- 

 tinued. 



EARLIEST VARIETIES OF SIX-ROW BARLEY. 



Manchurian and Odessa are among the earliest sorts of six-row barley that have 

 been tested. Some of the new varieties, which appear in the plots this year for the 

 first time, mature more rapidly. These are not yet available for distribution. 



BEARDLESS SIX-ROW BARLEY. 



The variety known as Champion has been discontinued, and a selection made 

 from Success is being grown instead. Success is earlier than Champion, but neither 

 variety gives a large yield. Several of the new cross-bred sorts mentioned in the list 

 for the first time this year are beardless. It is hoped that some of them will prove 

 superior to the older, named sorts. 



HULLESS SIX-ROW BARLEY. 



The common sorts of hulless barley known as Hulless White and Hulless Black 

 are characterized by such weak straw that they have been dropped from our list. 

 Several of the new cross-bred sorts introduced this year are hulless and some of them 

 display a fair strength of straw. 



TWO-ROW BARLEY. 



The plots were sown on May 22 to 27. The seed was used at the rate of about two 

 bushels to the acre. The soil varied considerably in character, which caused very 

 irregular returns from the plots. 



The new early-ripening variety grown under the name Kutais is a selected strain 

 from a Russian barley. 



The varieties under numbers are new cross-bred sorts produced by the Dominion 

 Cerealist. 



* Named varieties and selected strains produced at the Central Experimental 

 Farm are marked with an asterisk. 



