CEREAI^S AN'D PULSE CROPS 



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Where and by whom tested 



Yield 

 par acre 



Remarks 



lbs 



State School of Agriculture, 

 Caluso (Turin province) . . 



Agricultural organiser of Fa- 

 briano 



Agricultural organiser of Fer- 

 rara 



State School of Agrictilture, 

 Imola 



State School of Agriculture of 

 Padua (at Brusegana) . . . 



State School of Agriculture of 

 Pozzuolo in Friuli .... 



State School of Agriculture, 

 Voghera 



Station Beetroot for Testing, 

 Rovigo 



I 764 



2 646 



2452 

 2999 



Varieties sent from the Rieti station gave higher 

 yields than the others tested ; they also proved 

 less liable to lodging and disease, especially 

 rust. 



Other yields were : 



Granella di Carpegna . i 253 lbs 

 Gregoire Mendel. ... i 235 » 

 Bordeaux i 137 » 



The varieties kept the same order in their re- 

 sistance to rust. 



Higher yield than whit Inversible Vilmorin, 

 Gentil rosso originario, Hybrid 40 Passerini. 

 Rosso Olona, Gentil rosso bolognese N° 16, 

 Coniia. 



Proof against lodging and rust ; free from smut. 



Very suitable for growing in moist districts. 



2 425 Not at all liable to rust or lodging. 



2 576 Better results than with Rieti, Inversible Vil- 



morin, Gros Bleu etc. 



3 042 : Distinguishd by its earliness, heavy yield and 



' resistance to rust. 



new variety is distributed to the public, but up to the present the wheat 

 Carlotta Strampelli, which has given very high yields (vip to 3616 lbs 

 per acre) on the Rieti plain without lodging has proved to be equally up- 

 standing in the local test. This resistance to lodging is due to its anato- 

 mical structure, as it is rich in radially elongated fibro-vascular bundles 

 arranged in several rows. This structure enables the straw, to bend 

 without breaking, even though battered by the wind and heavy rains. 

 Provided the soil is free from weeds, especially those with cUmbing 

 stems, the straw recovers itself completely very soon after the storm is over. 

 1 176 - Hybrid Wheats, Gentil rosso x Noe, obtained by Professor Passerini (i). — 



Taruffi D. in Giomale di A'j,ricoUura dclla Domcnica, Year XVI, No. 30, p. 341- 

 Piacenza. September 24, i()i6. 



Professor Passerini has endeavoured to obtain by breeding a va- 

 riety of wheat with all the good qualities of Gentil rosso, but less liable to 



(i) See also, in R. June i()i6, pp. 831-842, original article by Dr. (V. Pat.\Ne; "The 

 selection of cereals in Italy ". 



