14 BULLETIN 336, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table IV. — Miscellaneous data/or varieties of winter wheat grown at the Maryland Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station (College Park) and at Arlington Farm, Va.Jor the periods 

 stated. 



College Park (82 Varieties), 1908 to 1914, Inclusive. 



Group and variety. 



C.I. 



No. 



Mary- 

 land, 

 sta- 

 tion 

 No. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 years 

 grown. 



Average date — 



Aver- 

 age 

 height. 



Average yield per 

 acre. 



Average 

 weight 



Headed. 



Ripe. 



Grain. 



Straw. 1 



bushel. 



SOFT RED WINTER. 



Awned, glumes gla- 

 brous, white: 



Mammoth Red 



Bearded Purple 

 Straw 



2008 

 1911 



195 



95 

 199 



92 



189 



348 

 349 

 352 

 354 

 358 



227 

 105 



191 



84 



361 

 363 



7 



7 

 7 

 7 



7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 



7 

 5 

 5 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 5 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 2 



7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 5 

 4 

 3 

 2 



7 

 5 



3 



3 



7 



7 

 3 

 2 

 5 

 4 

 3 



3 

 2 



May 21 



...do 

 ...do 

 ...do 



June 22 



June 21 

 June 22 

 ...do 



Inches. 

 51 



51 

 51 

 51 



51 

 51 

 51 

 48 

 50 

 49 



49 

 49 

 47 

 51 

 50 

 53 

 48 

 45 

 50 

 46 

 49 

 49 

 52 



49 

 48 

 48 

 49 

 48 

 48 

 50 

 45 

 42 

 47 



47 

 50 



44 



47 



49 



45 

 44 

 47 

 49 

 47 

 47 



48 

 48 



Bushels. 

 31.09 



30.95 

 30.11 

 30.03 



29.53 

 28.71 

 28.04 

 27.97 

 26.63 

 24.46 



23.21 

 26.04 

 26.01 

 28.34 

 27.56 

 25.47 

 24.22 

 27.62 

 27.45 

 26.90 

 24.41 

 36.35 

 25.37 



28.32 



28.25 

 27.76 

 27.18 

 27.10 

 26.74 

 26.66 

 27.00 

 20.79 

 27.96 



24.54 

 26.69 



24. 50 



23.16 



25.92 



25.75 

 22.15 

 28.05 

 25.39 

 26.22 

 32.18 



24.15 

 21.80 



Pounds. 

 3,300 



4,060 

 3,650 

 3,900 



4,140 

 3,660 

 3,870 

 3,440 

 3,500 

 3,470 



3,130 



2 3,310 



2 3,190 



2 3, 8C0 



2 3,610 



2 3,820 



3,000 



4,100 



3,640 



3,070 



3,510 



2 3, 760 



2 4, 600 



3,650 

 3,570 

 3,510 

 3,650 

 3,400 

 3,630 

 3,530 

 2,770 

 2,020 

 4,250 



3,220 

 3,770 



3,120 



2,890 



3,640 



2,960 



2 3,120 



2 3, 720 



3,680 



4,140 



2 3, 760 



3,510 



4,780 



Pounds. 

 58.2 



59.2 



Turkish Amber 



58.8 





1945 

 1981 



58.7 



Dietz ( Dietz Long- 



...do 



...do 



58.2 





...do 



...do 



59.2 



Gipsy 





May 23 

 May 15 

 May 21 

 May 22 



May 23 

 Mav 20 

 May 22 

 ...do 

 ...do 

 ...do 

 May 23 

 May 21 

 May 19 

 May 20 

 May 19 

 May 22 

 May 19 



May 20 

 May 22 

 May 20 

 May 21 

 ...do.... 



...do.... 

 June 21 

 June 23 

 June 22 



...do 



...do 



June 23 

 June 22 

 June 23 

 June 22 

 June 24 



...do 

 June 21 

 June 22 

 June 24 

 June 23 



...do 



June 22 

 ...do 

 ...do 

 ...do 

 ...do.... 



58.3 



Fishhead 



1732 



58.7 



Valley 



58.1 







56.9 



Silver Sheaf (Jones 

 Silver Sheaf 

 Longberry) 



Doub 



2496 



56.4 

 60.1 







57.8 







59.4 



Fuleaster (Acme).. 





60.1 







59.5 



Diamond Grit . ' 



1941 

 1673 

 1984 

 1739 

 1910 

 1988 



58.0 

 3 53.6 



Tuscan Island. 



54.7 

 55.3 



Missouri Bluestem. 

 Nigger 



53.4 

 3 61.5 





53.5 



Awned, glumes gla- 

 brous, brown: 

 Mediterranean 

 Missouri Bluestem. 

 Spade 



1909 

 1912 

 1935 



57.5 

 57.5 

 56.5 





56.4 





1745 

 1934 

 1930 

 1960 

 1695 

 3609 



1937 



1975 



1757 



55.5 





May 22 

 May 19 

 May 20 

 May 13 

 May 20 



May 23 

 May 21 



...do 



May 19 



May 21 



May 19 

 May 21 

 May 24 

 May 19 

 ...do 

 May 21 



May 17 

 May 16 



June 23 

 June 22 

 ...do 

 June 21 

 June 23 



...do 

 ...do 



June 21 



June 23 



June 21 



...do 

 June 20 

 June 22 



...do 

 June 21 

 June 23 



June 20 

 June 21 



57.8 



Rocky Mountain . . 

 Cox 



57.5 

 56.6 





53.8 





3 54.2 



Awned, glumes pubes- 

 cent, white: 

 Pride of Genesee. . . 

 Rural New Yorker 

 Red Giant (Velvet 



Red Giant) 



Awned, glumes pubes- 

 cent, brown: 

 Japanese Velvet 

 Chaff 



57.6 

 57. S 



53.6 

 55.1 



Awnless, glumes gla- 

 brous, white: 



Fultz 



56. i 



Fultzo-Mediter- 



1980 



57.2 



Four-Rowed Fultz 



57. C 

 59. S 



Purple Straw 



Frostproof May 



1915 

 2007 

 2191 



1951 

 1949 



56. £ 

 58. e 



57. C 



Oakley (Extra 



Early Oakley). .. 



Maryland Flint 



54. c 

 3 52. i 



1 on yield of straw were not taken in 1908; hence, the average yield is for one year less than the total 

 number of years the variety was grown. Varieties introduced after 1908, for which data on yield of straw 

 are available for the full number of years, are noted in the table. 



2 Data on yield of straw taken each year the variety was grown. 



a Data on weight per bushel for one year less than the full number the variety was grown. 



