CEREAL EXPERIMENTS IX MARYLAND A.ND VIRGINIA. 



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years from L909 to L914. At Arlington the tests have included four 

 varieties and selections of spelt, one variety of emmer, and one emmer 

 selection. 



Table VIII. — Tests of winter spelt and emmer at the Maryland Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station (College Park) and at Arlington Farm, Vd., for the years stated. 



Annual and Average Yields. 





('. I. 

 No. 



Yield per ai re (bu ' 



Crop and variety. 



1903 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



l'.il 1 



Aver- 

 age. 



AT COLLEGE PARK. 



Spelt: 



1773 

 1772 

 1721 

 21771 

 2481 



2337 



2337-1 



2101 



1773 

 3261 

 1772 

 1721 



2337 

 2337-1 



52. 53 

 43. 07 

 54.50 

 22.67 

 52. 57 



21.07 

 21.47 

 12.53 



50.27 

 61.87 

 53. 73 



70.27 

 66.27 



69.73 

 72.00 



54. 27 

 66.13 



73. 33 

 69.73 



63.23 





03.18 







Do... 



48.20 

 50.00 



35'. 80 

 33.47 

 30.80 



88.00 

























Emmer: 



45. 20 

 47.07 



32.00 

 36.07 



36.80 

 34. 13 



48. 53 

 3 18.93 



3G. 57 





31.96 



White 





AT ARLINGTON FARM. 



Spelt: 



50.67 



48. 00 

 45. 00 

 40.67 



11.67 

 19.87 



78.20 

 89. 67 

 79. 8D 

 74.67 



30.67 

 34.67 



51.33 

 49.33 

 54.00 

 48.33 



20.50 

 ( 5 ) 



102. 20 



107.30 



97.10 



87.20 



14.50 



74.08 





73.56 







85. 33 

 57.00 



34. 33 

 36. 67 



72.26 





61.69 



Emmer: 



22.33 













MlSCELL ANEOUS DATA FOR THE PRINCIPAL VARIETIES FOR PERIODS OF FOUR TO SlX YEARS. 





C.I. 



No. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 years 

 grown. 



Average date- 



Aver- 

 age 

 height. 



Average yield 

 per acre. 



Aver- 

 age 

 weight 



Crop and variety. 



Heading. 



Ripe. 



Grain.i 



Straw. 



per 

 meas- 

 ured 

 bushel. 



AT COLLEGE PARK. 



Spelt: 



1773 

 1772 



2337 

 2337-1 



1773 

 3261 

 1772 

 1724 



2337 



6 

 6 



6 

 6 



5 

 4 

 5 

 5 



5 



6 May 23 

 ...do.... 



' May 31 

 ...do.... 



May 26 



May 28 



May 26 



.do.... 



s .Time 23 

 June 22 



8 June 28 

 8 June 27 



June 23 



June 22 



...do.... 



.do 



In. 

 42 

 41 



45 

 45 



41 

 41 

 43 

 43 



41 



Bush. 

 63. 23 

 63.18 



36.57 

 31.96 



74.08 



73.56 

 72.26 

 61.69 



22.33 



Lbs. 



6 2, 950 

 6 3, 030 



8 2, 080 

 6 1,950 



3,100 



3.510 

 3,2S0 

 3,290 



1,940 



Lbs. 

 24.8 



Red Awnless 



24.0 



Emmer: 



Black Winter 



21.0 



Black Winter selection 



AT ARLINGTON FARM. 



Spelt: 



21.0 

 30.5 





29.0 





29.6 





26.9 



Emmer: 



Black Y.'inter 



May 31 



June 26 



25.5 







1 Bushels of 30 pounds each. 



2 Identical with Servia, C. I. No. 1724. 



3 The low yield was due to a poor stand. 



4 Identical with Alstroum, C. I. No. 1773. 



'■> Accidentally mixed with original strain in thrashing 



6 Data for five years only. 



7 Data for three years only. 



8 Data for four years only". 



