WINNIPEG, 1909. 771 
Average Results of Each of Twelve Varieties of Winter Wheat. 
| n Pa Oy, & n 
| Bm 3 3 Sa lee | Bog! 8H | Yields per Acre, | 
| 771 ew] a) - Wn Hw And ‘4 
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Varieties SES | SS | Ss | 80 Sea), Soe |S gor | 
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| 33° z aS oe s Ee £83 | ie Straw Grain 
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(a EF |E [Pa ho ors | Ma 
Tons Bushels 
Dawson's Golden Chaff .| Ba R WwW 7 0 65 60°2 32 548 
Early Genesee Giant ~ tebe R WwW 10 11 72 60°4 3°3 504 
Imperial Amber . Be R R 6 16 72 6171 34 49°6 
Russian Amber 4 tL be W R 7 ui 72 61:3 3°4 48°9 
Egyptian Amber. | Be WiR 7 7 69 61:7 3-4 48-4 | 
Early Red Clawson . : Ba R R 7 12 69 59°4 30 481 
Rudy. . . ‘ | Be WwW R 7 10 76 613 2°8 46°4 
Geneva . ‘ 5 e -be W R 8 18 79 62°5 31 451 
Tasmania Red , z : Be R R 7 18 88 61:9 aL 44-7 
Turkey Red. ; 5 Be WwW R 8 10 98 616 2:9 447 
Kentucky Giant . P Be W R 7 tlh el 615 3:0 44:7 
Treadwell . . : é Be W WwW 5 6 71 60°9 30 446 
Average Results of Each of Twelve Varieties of Spring Wheat. 
| 3 a m a i] 
Hen |S |e Z lsh |S. | 4.48 | Yield per Acre, 
gag) sy |salge|ae (ees | SE) 5 Yeas 
Varieties 283 os o8 ie Bi Pens 3 a 
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Tons Bushels 
Minnesota No, 163 . : Ba WwW R 46 6 121 58:9 2-2 34:1 
Hungarian Red 4 - Be R R 41 5 116 62°1 21 33°5 
Climax . ° . ~ Be W R 47 6 119 591 21 319 
Carleton . y * é Be Ww R 47 9 120 59°3 2°2 314 
Red Fife . : Ss As Ba WwW R 45 8 120 582 21 313 
Saxonka . ; . : Be WwW R 46 6 119 59°8 20 312 
White Russian. . -| Ba W R 43 9 121 580 19 3L0 
Blue Democrat 4 | -7Be WwW R 46 5 119 589 21 30°8 
Preston , . ; 1 ne R R 43 10 115 59°1 1:8 30°8 
Wellman Fife . : 7 Ba W R 45 11 120 575 21 30°5 
Kolben . . e .| Ba WwW R 44 7 121 59°2 2°0 301 
Herison Bearded , .| Be R R 43 7 118 | 61:8 2-0 380°1 
Ba = beardless, Be = bearded, 
loaves of bread of good texture. The Crimean Red variety of winter 
wheat, which has been imported more recently, surpasses the Turkey 
Red in both yield and quality of grain, but the Crimean Red is even weaker 
in the straw than the Turkey Red. 
Minnesota No, 163 occupies the highest place in yield of grain per acre 
among the varieties of spring wheat tested at the College for five years. 
Its grain weighs rather light per measured bushel but has given very good 
results in bread-making. The Hungarian Red variety of spring wheat, 
which has surpassed the Red Fife by an average of 2°2 bushels of grain per 
acre and by 39 lb. in weight of grain per measured bushel, has also 
been superior to the Ontario-grown Red Fife for bread and has reached 
maturity four days earlier. The Hungarian Red wheat was imported by 
the Ontario Agricultural College from the Argentine Republic in the spring 
of 1903. It was distributed along with Red Fife throughout Ontario in the 
spring of 1908 for co-operative experiments, and proved to be superior to 
Red Fife both in yield of grain and straw per acre and in popularity with 
the experimenters. It certainly shows some strong features as foundation 
stock for plant breeding. 
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