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BULLETIN 336, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



varieties were discontinued. 1 These do not appear in Table III. 

 During the following years 40 additional varieties were discontinued 

 and 20 new ones added. 



Table III. — Annual and average yields of varieties of winter wheat grown at the Maryland 

 Agricultural Experiment Station (College Park) and at Arlington Farm, Va.,for the 

 years stated. 



College Park (82 Varieties). 



/ 



CI. 



N0.2 



Mary- 

 land 

 sta- 

 tion 

 No. 



Yield per acre (bushels). 



Group and variety. 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



Aver- 

 age. 



SOFT RED WINTER. 



Awned, glumes glabrous, white: 



2008 

 1911 



195 



95 

 199 



92 

 189 



348 

 349 

 352 

 354 



358 



37.36 

 32.93 

 33.10 

 37.88 

 25.07 

 27.33 

 34.23 

 27.60 

 26.93 

 27.40 



36.97 



27.23 

 27.13 

 25.67 

 24.57 

 28.87 

 26.37 

 19.57 

 20.83 

 20. 30 

 16.73 



17.17 



26.77 

 29.17 

 29.83 

 27.27 

 28.27 

 26.30 

 32.57 

 28.57 

 31.50 

 27.67 



28.47 

 29.00 

 22.60 



37.67 

 39.87 

 34.80 

 35.90 

 39.80 

 40.23 

 38.43 

 36.53 

 26.53 

 27.17 



25.73 

 27.60 

 26.70 

 29.20 

 30.17 



23.37 

 24.13 

 24.53 

 25.40 

 23.40 

 22.23 

 17.93 

 21.67 

 21.33 

 19.30 



16.17 

 28.93 

 25.97 

 19.90 

 29.20 

 27.87 

 8.77 



28.33 

 24.67 

 23.43 

 24.37 

 22.10 

 24.73 

 24.17 

 21.57 

 24.63 

 22. 40 



9.93 



17.67 

 19.07 

 27.40 

 15. 73 

 16.20 



36.93 

 38.77 

 39.43 

 34.83 

 38.63 

 33.07 

 29.37 

 39.00 

 35.17 

 30.53 



28.00 

 27.00 

 35.73 

 36.87 

 35.13 

 32. 33 



31.09 



Bearded Purple Straw 



30.95 

 30.11 





1945 

 1981 



30.03 



Dietz (Dietz Longberry) 



29. 53 

 28.71 



Gipsy 





28.04 





1732 



27.97 



Valley 



26.63 



Reliable 





24.46 



Silver Sheaf (Jones Silver 



2496 



23.21 





26.04 



Rudy 









26.01 











28.34 













27.56 













25. 47 





1941 

 1673 

 1984 

 1739 

 1910 

 1988 



36.97 

 36.46 

 35. 69 

 36.59 

 32.10 



17.60 

 16.93 

 22.20 

 15.10 

 14.27 



28.00 

 29.47 

 27.47 

 29.00 

 26.87 

 34.80 

 28.20 



25.37 

 32.80 

 27.80 

 24.57 

 31.67 

 29.80 

 26.37 

 28.33 

 17.43 



29.77 



24.22 









27.62 













27.45 













26.90 













24.41 





37.70 









36.25 



Skipper 



227 

 105 



191 



84 



361 

 363 



34.53 

 31.87 

 35.69 

 24.93 

 32.27 

 23.87 

 33.64 

 37.88 

 26.00 

 36.72 



33.73 

 32.10 



34.03 



34.28 



32.28 

 29.20 



22.53 



20.87 

 19.87 

 20.60 

 19.43 

 16.70 

 19.53 

 18.97 

 16.80 

 18.93 

 19.20 



18.80 

 17.33 



13.47 



13.87 



18.08 

 18.73 









25.37 



Awned, glumes glabrous, brown: 

 Mediterranean 



1909 

 1912 

 1935 



40.10 

 28.17 

 28.63 

 38.20 

 29.50 

 32.03 

 26.73 

 25.00 



16.60 

 28.60 

 26.13 

 24.60 

 28.63 

 25.73 

 27.60 



25.77 

 21.77 

 17.67 

 22. 67 

 15.90 

 19.30 



35.00 

 34.67 

 37.80 

 35. 83 

 35.00 

 36.93 



28.32 



Missouri Bluestem 



28.25 





27.76 



Eclipse 



27.18 



Rieti 



1745 

 1934 

 1930 

 1960 

 1695 

 3609 



1937 



27.10 



Swamp 



26.74 



Rocky Mountain 



26.66 



Cox 







27.00 



Onigara 









20.79 













27.96 



Awned, glumes pubescent, 

 white: 

 Pride of Genesee 



25.57 

 31.67 



26.00 



21.33 



29.66 

 26.90 



28.13 

 28.30 



21.70 

 24.07 



12.27 



29.57 



24.54 



Rural New Yorker 



26.69 



Red Giant (Velvet Red 



1975 

 1757 







24.50 



Awned, glumes pubescent, 

 brown: 

 Japanese Velvet Chaff 











23.16 



Awnless, glumes glabrous, 

 white: 

 Fultz 6 



31.51 

 30.90 



19.44 

 16.13 

 23.03 



20.00 

 20.73 

 19.10 

 20.37 



30.46 

 37.67 

 24.33 

 35.73 



25.92 



Pultzo-Mediterranean 



Four-Rowed Fultz 



1980 



25.75 

 22.15 



Jersey Fultz 













28.05 



Purple Straw 



1915 

 2007 

 2191 



1951 

 1949 



34.13 

 22.27 



22.40 

 21.73 

 21.87 



23.33 

 19.07 



30.00 

 33.47 

 33.27 



26.70 



26.57 

 27.40 

 41.40 



13.87 



25.39 



Frostproof May 







26.22 



Diminum 









32.18 



Oakley (Extra Early Oak- 

 ley) 





22.41 

 24.53 









24.15 



Maryland Flint 











21.80 



i Schmitz, Nickolas. Wheat— variety tests and diseases. Md. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 147, p. 33-45. 1910. 



2 Cereal Investigations number. 



3 Another variety having brown glumes is grown under this name. The one here reported appears to 

 be identical with Fulcaster. 



4 Two strains of this variety are grown. 



5 The parentage of this hybrid is stated on page 18. 



6 Average of 14, 19, 15, 12, 15, 13, and 13 check plats for the years 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, and 

 1914, respectively. 



