322 EXPERIMENT STATION RECOED. 



Varieties lending in yield at the Canada Experimental Farms in 1907 — Cont'd. 



Crop. 



Ottawa— Continued. 



Peas 



Do 



Spring rye 



Winter rye 



Beans 



Flax 



Nappan: 



Oats 



6-rowed barley 



2-rovved barley 



Spring wheat 



Durum wheat 



Emmer and spelt. 



Buckwheat 



Potatoes 



Millet 



Brandon: 



Spring wheat 



Durum wheat 



Emmer and spelt. 



Oats 



6-rowed barley 



2-rowed barley 



Peas 



Corn 



Potatoes 



Millet 



Indian Head: 



Spring wheat 



Durum wheat 



Emmer and spelt. 



Oats 



6-rowed barley 



2-rowed barley 



Peas : 



Flax 



Potatoes 



Lacombe: 



Spring wheat 



Dunmi wheat 



Emmer and spelt. 



Oats 



6-rowed barley 



Do 



2-rowed barley 



Turnips ." 



Mangels , 



Carrots 



Sugar beets 



Potatoes 



Agassi z: 



Winter wheat. . 



Winter rye 



Oats 



6-rowed barley . 

 2-rowed barley . 



Peas ." . . 



Potatoes 



Varieties 

 tested. 



Leading varieties. 



Yield per acre 1907. 



Nelson 



Paragon 



Ottawa Select 



Thousandfold 



Norwegian Brown. 

 Novarossick 



Golden Giant 



Mensurj' 



French "Chevalier. 



Red Fern 



Roumanian 



Red Spelt 



Silverhull........ 



Rochester Rose. . 

 African Early 



Red FifeH 



Roumanian 



Common Emmer. 



Danish Island 



Oderbruck 



Stand well 



Gregory 



King Philip 



Collin Seedling.. . 

 Hungarian 



Bushels. 



Pounds. 



Date of 

 ripening. 



45 

 576 



130 

 81 

 79 

 48 



2,040 

 40 

 24 



1,480 



Aug. 16 

 Aug. 25 

 Aug. 5 

 July 29 

 Aug. 26 

 Aug. 19 



Sept. 16 

 Aug. 31 

 Sept. 6 

 Sept. 14 

 Sept. 12 

 Sept. 17 

 Sept. 3 



40 

 2,820 



Marquis B 



Goose 



Red Spelt 



Sensation 



Blue Longhead. 



Jarvis 



Chancellor 



Yellow Seed 



Ashleaf Kidney . 



Percy A 



Yellow Ghamovka 



Common Emmer 



Pioneer 



Nugent 



Mensury 



Clifford'. 



Hartley Bronze 



Giant Yellow Interme- 

 diate. 

 Improved Short White. 



AVanzleben 



Early Envoy 



Red Velvet Chaflf. 



Emerald 



Danish Island 



Empire 



Standwell 



Chancellor 



Morgan Seedling. . 



127 

 86 

 61 

 51 

 17 



12 

 8 



20 

 42,966 



40 

 10,312 



Sept. 9 

 Sept. 7 

 Sept. 14 

 Sept. 6 

 Aug. 23 

 Sept. 2 

 Sept. 17 



Growing 

 period. 



40 

 2,200 



32 

 2 

 2 



40 



Sept. 18 

 Sept. 18 

 Sept. 19 

 Sept. 25 

 Sept. 26 

 Sept. 3 

 Sept. 14 

 Sept. 15 



110 

 72 

 72 

 50 



36 

 37 

 91 

 55 



57 

 52 

 598 



1,200 

 10 

 24 

 24 



52,800 

 65,528 



52,744 



36,960 



34 



40 



July 24 

 July 26 

 Aug. 10 

 July 30 

 Aug. 7 

 Aug. 8 



At Ottawa iu cooperative experiments with potatoes on small plats in the 

 station tests. White Giant and Dibble Favorite each gave a total yield of 391 bu. 

 and 36 lbs. per acre, and the Cottar in the same kind of an experiment and on 

 still smaller plats ranked first with a yield per acre of 471 bu. and 54 lbs. 

 Among 36 varieties of potatoes tested this year for resistance to blight the best 

 yields were secured from Pearmain. The Factor, King Edward, Dalmeny Beauty, 

 Dr. Maerker, and Pairal Blush, mentioned in decreasing order of yields which 

 ranged from 334 bu. and 24 lbs. to 184 bu. and 48 lbs. per acre. 



On field plats from i to li acres in area at the station Gold Coin ranked first 

 with a yield of 200 bu. per acre, while Carman No. 1 variety ranked next, pro- 



