DlVlk'IO^^ OF CEREALS 



1015 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



FLAX. 



Thirty-one selected strains of flax were grown in the regular test plots. The seed 

 was sown on Maj- 14, at the rate of about 60 pounds per acre. The yield would have 

 been satisfactory had the crop not been seriousb" injured by the wet weather in August. 



All the strains under test were selected at Ottawa. 



The strains named Foremost are selections out of the popular Avestern variety, 

 Premost. 



Flax. — Tesrof Varieties. 



S 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



1£ 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



24 



25 



26 



27 



28 



29 



30 



31 



Name of Variety. 



La Plata B 



La Plata C 



Foremost C 



La Plata A 



Foremost A 



Common D 



White Flowering B . 



Foremost B 



Novelty 



White D3 



Common C 



White A 



WhiteE3 



White D 1 



White B 



White C 



White El A 



White Flewering A. 



Common A 



Yellow Seed B 



White E IB 



Common B 



White E 2 



Yellow Seed C 



Yellow Seed A 



Russian B 



RigaB 



I-ongstem 



RigaC 



Russian A 



Riga A 



S. 



Date 



of 

 owing. 



May 



Date 



of 

 Ripening. 



Number 



of days 

 maturing. 



Average 



length 



of Plants. 



14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 



Aug. 



12 



12 



10 



12 



10 



3 



8 



10 



7 



o 



o 



10 

 9 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 11 

 3 

 8 

 1 



11 



11 



3 



3 



10 

 3 

 3 

 9 



90 



90 

 88 

 90 

 88 

 81 

 86 

 88 

 85 

 81 

 88 

 87 

 80 

 81 

 80 

 80 

 81 

 81 

 81 

 89 

 81 

 86 

 79 

 89 

 89 

 81 

 81 

 88 

 81 

 81 

 87 



Inches. 

 24 

 28 

 28 

 28 

 36 

 26 

 30 

 28 

 28 

 18 

 30 

 24 

 26 

 18 

 24 

 22 

 18 

 24 

 27 

 36 

 18 

 30 

 20 

 36 

 36 

 36 

 30 

 36 

 30 

 30 

 30 



Yield of 



seed 

 per acre. 



Lb. 



1,440 



1,350 



1,260 



1,200 



1,170 



1,140 



1,110 



1,080 



1,080 



1,050 



1,020 



1,020 



1,020 



990 



960 



960 



960 



900 



870 



870 



840 



810 



810 



780 



750 



570 



540 



480 



450 



450 



300 



Yield of 



seed 

 per acre. 



5 £ g 2 



Bush. Lb. 



Or, 40 



^0 



24 

 22 

 21 

 20 

 20 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 16 

 15 

 If 

 15 

 14 

 14 

 13 

 13 

 10 

 9 

 8 

 8 



6 

 28 

 24 

 50 

 20 

 46 

 16 

 16 

 42 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 38 



8 



4 

 30 

 30 



26 

 26 

 52 

 22 

 10 

 36 

 32 

 2 



2 

 20 



'C **-' 



.^^ 



B£s 



Lb. 

 52 



54 

 55 

 51 

 53 

 54 

 54 

 54 

 52 

 53 

 54 

 54 

 51 

 53 

 55 

 53 

 53 

 53 

 52 

 54 

 52 

 54 

 52 

 53 

 53 

 54 

 54 

 53 

 54 

 55 

 52 



16—68 



Ottawa. 



