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better than a thick stand but a thick stand will ripen 

 earlier than a thin stand. 



201. Unsuitable Varieties. Varieties of any of our 

 common grain crops that from any cause, such as lateness, 

 low quality, weak straw, or susceptibility to frost or dis- 

 ease, are not well suited to our conditions, result either 

 in low yields or in decreased prices. The standard vari- 

 eties that are known to be suitable to the different parts 

 of the West are as follows : 



Crop. 



Best Varieties at 

 Present. 



Promising Varieties. 



Wheat Marquis and Red Fife Kitchener for yield 



Ecd Bobs and Ruby 

 for earliness 

 Oats Banner, Victory and 



Gold Rain 



Barley Manehurian and O.A.C. Hannchen for grain 



No. 21 Early Six for earli- 



ness 



Rye Winter X. D. No. 959 and Sas- 



katchewan 



Rye Spring Ottawa Select Prolific 



Flax Premost 



Peas Arthur Early White, Al- 



berta Blue and 

 Carleton 



Roots Swedes Bangholm and others 

 Turnips Green Globe and others 



Mangels Yellow Intermediate and 



Average Soils Globe types 

 Deep Soil Long Bed and White 



Sugar 



Shallow Soils Golden Tankard 

 Carrots Varieties of White In- 



termediate Type 

 Potatoes 



Early Early Six Weeks, Early 



Ohio" 



Medium Irish Cobbler, Rochester 



Rose 



