REPORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSON 



339 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



BARLEY, SIX-ROWED — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



Common 



Oderbruch 



Odessa 



Baxter 



Mensury 



Claude 



Hulless Black 



Yale 



Albert 



Excelsior 



Success 



Argyle. 



Champion 



Vanguard 



Nugent. 



Hulless White. . . 



Petschora 



Empire 



Rennie's Improved 



Garfield 



Brome 



Pioneer 



Phoenix 



Trooper 



Royal 



Summit 



Surprise 



Mansfield 



Stella 



Blue Long Head . . 



Date 



of 

 Ripening, 



August 5. 



i 



7 

 7 



rr 



I 



5. 

 12 



5, 

 5, 

 5. 

 7. 

 5. 

 8. 

 8. 

 5, 

 7. 



* . 



12. 



7. 



r> 

 I . 



10. 



8. 

 15. 

 15. 

 12. 

 15. 



8. 



. -J 



80 

 88 

 88 

 88 

 88 

 88 

 86 

 03 

 86 

 86 

 86 

 88 

 86 

 89 

 89 

 86 

 88 

 89 

 87 

 88 

 93 

 88 

 88 

 91 

 89 

 96 

 96 

 93 

 96 

 89 



,gth 



Len 

 of 



Straw 



Inches. 



44 

 43 

 44 

 44 

 42 

 46 

 34 

 44 

 40 

 48 

 41 

 43 

 46 

 44 

 41 

 36 

 44 

 45 

 45 

 46 

 43 

 43 

 43 

 40 

 40 

 43 

 42 

 42 

 42 

 40 



Character 



of 

 Straw. 



Medium 



Stiff" . . 

 it . . . 

 n . . . 



M ... 



Medium 



Stiff" . . 

 Medium 



Stiff" . . 

 Medium 

 Stiff.. . . 

 •i ... 

 Medium 

 Stiff.. . . 

 Medium 

 Stiff.. . . 



Medium 

 Stiff. . . 



Weight 



of 

 Straw. 



Lbs. 



5,880 

 5,400 

 5,080 

 5,520 

 4,000 

 5,600 

 5,400 

 4,800 

 4,600 

 5,080 

 4,600 

 4,400 

 4,400 

 4,600 

 4,000 

 5,000 

 3,600 

 3,480 

 3,480 

 4,600 

 4,000 

 4,400 

 4,400 

 4,000 

 4,000 

 4,000 

 4,000 

 3,600 

 3,400 

 4,000 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



3 3 



W t-3 



64 8 



61 32 



60 .. 



59 8 



56 32 



52 24 



50 40 



50 40 



50 



50 

 49 



8 



48 16 



47 24 



47 24 



47 24 



46 32 



46 32 



46 32 



46 32 



45 40 



45 .. 



44 8 



42 44 



41 32 



41 32 



40 40 



40 .. 



40 .. 



38 16 



38 16 



Wf ight 



per 

 Bushel. 



Lbs. 



48 



49 



48 



49 



48 



49 



61 



47 



49 



40 



40 



48 



37 



48 



48 



59 



47 



48 



48 



494^ 



48 



49 



49 



48 



47 



49 



48 



46 



49 



43 



BARLEY, TWO-ROWED — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety, 



Beaver 



French Chevalier 



Bolton 



Newton 



Standwell 



Canadian Thorpe 

 Prize Prolific. . . 



Kirby 



Leslie 



Sidney 



Danish Chevalier, 



Nepean 



Harvey 



Gordon 



Invincible 



Logan 



Kinver Chevalier 



Clifford. 



Victor 



Dunham 



Fulton 



Jarvis 



' 16— 22 i 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Aug. 10. 



.. 14. 



„ 10. 



i. 15. 



M 15. 



„ 15. 



,. 14. 

 8. 



ii 15. 



,, 15. 



„ 15. 



i. 15. 



., 15. 



., 14 



„ 14. 



,, 15. 



„ 15. 



., 14 



„ 15. 



.i 15. 



.. 15. 



„ 14. 



Character 



, of 

 Straw. 



Medium . . . 

 Stiff. ...'.'.'. 



Medium . 

 Stiff 



Medium. . 

 Stiff 



Medium . 



Stiff 



Medium . 

 Stiff.. .. 



Weight 

 of 



Straw. 



Lbs. 



5,800 

 5,000 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



.5 -° 



56 32 



52 24 



Weight 



per 

 Bushel. 



Lbs. 



50 



50 



50 



50 



48 



49 



49 



49 



48 



50 



49 



49 



49 A 



48" 



49 



49 



49 



50 



48 



48 



47 



47 



