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liad been biirnod the grain made a rank growth, standing 3 feet high 

 when ripp. Matured the sanio time, heads good size and heavN'. 



Roval, seeded ^hly 20. Coming up June 5. Stand good. On one 

 half the phit the growth was poor, the otlier half good. June 25, 8 

 inches high. July 15, 18 inches high and signs of heading. August 

 10, 3 feet liigh :ind straw turning and grain passing into the dough. 

 August 25, the greater portion had matured or safe from frost. 

 August 27. fiost injured portions not quite matured. This variety 

 was next to the last to ripen. 



Finnish, seeded May 2U. Coming up June 5. Stand good. Growth 

 rather poor on the greater portion of the plat, l)ut where a Ijrush heap 

 had l)een l)urned the grain stooled well and mad(> a ver}' rank growth. 

 June 25. 11 inches high. July 15, 2 feet high. July 25, well headed 

 out and nearly 4 feet higii. August 10, straw yellow and grain in 

 dough. August 25, well matured and grain (juite hard. One of the 

 lirst varieties to ripen. Heads large and heavy. The same in drills 

 did no ])etter. 



Manshury, seeded May 20. Coming up June 6. Stand good. 

 Jiuie 25, 13 inches high. July 15, nearly 2 feet high and heading. 

 August 10, 3^ feet high and grain in the dough; straw turning. August 

 25, grain quite hard and well matured. Heads good size and well 

 tilled. One of the first varieties to ripen. This variet}' stooled very 

 well, ♦; heads from kernel not uncommon. (Fl. VII, tigs. 1 and 2.) 



Lapland, seeded ]\Iay 20. Coming up flune 7. Stand good. June 

 25, 13 inches high on l)etter portions of the plat. This variet}'^, as all 

 others, made much better growth wherever lu'ush or logs had been 

 l)urned in heaps. July 15, 2^ feet high and heading. August 10, 3^ 

 feet high, straw turning, and grain in the dough. August 25, grain 

 ({uite hard and well matured. Heads large and well filled. This was 

 one of the earliest varieti«'s to mature. The Lapland, Manshury. and 

 Finnish may be highly reconunended for the Copper River \'alley. 

 All of these stooled well, 5 to 7 heads to a single kernel not unconuiion. 



No. 9133, two-rowed, seeded May 20. Coming up June 7. Stand 

 good: growth ])oor. No bi'ush l)urned on tiiis plat. June 25, G inches 

 high. July 2«>, 15 inches high and heading. Stooled very little. 

 August 10, 20 inches to 2 feet high, and grain in milk. August 25, 

 l)ortions of the gniin^full}- matured. Heads fail" size and well tilled. 

 This \ariety was about the last to matui'e, and killing frost August 

 •Jl injured portions yet Jiimiatured. A small ])lat seeded May 22 

 in diills by hand made better growth, l>ut had not nnitured when 

 killing frost came, August 27. 



lilack Hul less, seeded May 20. Coming up June 6. Stand good, 

 (irowth rather poor. Stooled a little. No ash heap on this plat. 

 July 16, !♦'» ijiches high and l)egiiuiing to head. August lo, 2 to 2^ 

 feel high. Heads small, l>ut grain large and in dough. August 25, 



