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Hannchen. Gold. 



(a) Among the highest yielders. (a) Highest yielder. 



(b) Especially susceptible to loose (b) Not specially susceptible to loose 

 smut. smut. 



(c) Sprouts very slowly on exposure (c) Sprouts very quickly on exposure 

 during or after harvest. during or after harvest. 



(d) Able to thrive on relatively light (d) Able to thrive on a great 

 and dry soils variety of soils, although prob- 

 ably not so great a number as 

 with Hannchen. 



321-322 0156 X Gold 2nd generation. 



323-325 Gold X 0156 2nd generation. 



326-32S = Chevalier X Gold 2nd generation. 



329 Primus X Princess 2nd generation. 



Object. To obtain a sort combining the high yield and 

 quality of the latter with the stiffness of straw, earliness of 

 maturity and ability of head to shoot well out of the sheath 

 possessed by Primus. 



330-333 = Primus X Chevalier II 2nd generation. 



Object. To obtain a sort combining the stiffer straw, earlier 

 maturity and higher yield of Primus with the better quality 

 of the latter sort. 



335-341 Old mixed sorts sown with a view to providing material for 



pedigree selection. 



The present status of barley breeding work at Svalof when compared 

 with that of twenty years ago, affords undisputed evidence as to the progress 

 which has been made with this crop since the inception of the work. The 

 table of yields, while illuminating, does not tell the whole story. While 

 the production of sorts capable of producing higher yields than those formerly 

 grown is immensely important, yet the availability of sorts specially suited 

 to certain conditions is of no less value. Thanks to the skill of the Svalof 

 experts the farmers of Sweden are now able to obtain sorts which are better 

 suited to their respective conditions than were those available in the old 

 days.. With the excellent material now available in the way of pure and 

 thoroughly tested sorts much is expected of artificial crossing, a phase of the 

 work which with barley as with the other cereals, is being prosecuted with 

 energy. 



