ALASKA EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 271 



following variety, but both wore too late to mature the past season. 



It was seeded June 4. July 31 the tallest stalks were 26 inches high, 

 only about half headed, and beginning to bloom. It did not appear 

 to be injured by the frost of that date, but it is doubtful if it matured 

 seed. 



Common oats (such as is offered for sale for feed). — A plat was 

 seeded June 4. Ity July 31 it was about 2 feet high and heading out. 

 It was slightly injured by the frost of that date. 



Russian White. — This variety was also grown from seed produced 

 at the Sitka Station. The plat was seeded June 4. July 24 it was 16 

 inches high and beginning to head. Rather uneven in growth. July 

 31 the best was 2 feet high and in bloom. August 13 the grain was 

 half grown. This variety is not an early one, and probably not as 

 well suited to this region as some of the others named. 



SPRING WHEAT. 



Ladoga. — Plat seeded May 29. It appeared slow to start and the 

 plants were not vigorous. July 24 it was 15 inches high and begin- 

 ning to head. Foliage was rather light in color. July 31 it was in 

 bloom. The heads with the blossoms exposed were injured b} T the 

 frost of that date. August 13 the heads which were not injured were 

 beginning to fill. 



Romanow. — Seeded May 23. July 19 it was 22 inches high and 

 beginning to head. July 31 it was 3 feet high, and some heads had 

 passed the blooming stage; others were still in bloom. Those in blos- 

 som were injured by the frost. August 13 the earliest heads had 

 grain three-quarters grown, and it may have matured. The Romanow 

 has been our most successful variety at the Sitka and Kenai stations. 



Rouman km. — A plat was seeded May 29. It started slowly, but the 

 young plants were stocky and healthy. July 21 it was 23 inches high 

 and beginning to head. July 31 it was 3 feet high and for the most 

 part past bloom. It was a vigorous grower, and was not injured by 

 the frost. August 13 the grain was fully three-fourths grown. It 

 may have matured. 



Another plat of the same variety was seeded June 6. July 21 it 

 was noticed that the earlier seeding was slightly more vigorous. 

 August 13 most of the heads had grain half grown, but it had not 

 caught up with the earlier planting. 



The central facts in these grain experiments as far as they are known 

 to the writer at this date, are: First, that fall seeded rye lived through 

 the winter, came out in the spring healthy and vigorous, and pro- 

 duced plump and perfectly matured grain by the beginning of August. 

 Secondly, that barley seeded in the latter part of May matured seed 

 by the middle of August. In last year's report several instances were 

 reported of grain maturing at various points on the Yukon. 



