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selections of each have been grown at Arlington Farm each year 

 except of the Red Rustproof, of which only one selection has been 

 grown during the entire four years. At College Park only one 

 strain of each variety except the Winter Turf has been grown con- 

 tinuously. Of the latter, three strains have been included. The 

 average dates of heading and maturity, height, yields of grain and 

 of straw, and weight per bushel of the more important varieties and 

 selections at the Maryland station and at Arlington Farm are shown 

 in Table XI. 



Table XI. — Miscellaneous data for varieties of winter oats grown at the Maryland Agri- 

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

 stated. 



Olroup and variety. 



College Park (6 Varie- 

 ties), 1908 to 1914, IN- 

 CLUSIVE. 



Winter Turf: 



Winter Tnrf 



Winter Turf selection. . 

 Winter Turf 



Average for group. 



Bicknell: 



Bicknell 



Culberson: 



Culberson 



Red Rustproof: 



Red Rustproof 



Arlington Farm (11 Va- 

 rieties and Selec- 

 tions), 1911 to 1914, In- 

 clusive. 



Red Rustproof: 



Red Rustproof selection 

 Winter Turf: 



Winter Turf 



Do 



Winter Turf selection . 



Winter Turf 



Bicknell: 



Bicknell selection 



Do 



Bicknell 



Culberson: 



Culberson selection 



Culberson 



Culberson selection 



Summary of averages for 

 Arlington Farm : 



Red Rustproof 



4 Winter Turf 



3 Bicknell 



3 Culberson 



C.I. 



No. 



180 



274-1 



203 



206 

 273 



518 



518-3 



427 



435 



274-20 



431 



206-3 



206-7 



206 



273-19 

 273 

 651 



Num- 

 ber of 

 years 

 grown. 



Average date — 



May 27 

 i June 2 

 'June 1 



May 31 



May 19 

 May 22 

 May 21 



May 21 



June 1 



May 30 

 May 31 

 ..do.... 



May 22 

 May 24 

 May 22 



May 28 

 May 27 

 May 24 



May 20 

 May 31 

 May 23 

 May 26 



Ripe. 



1 June 28 

 ..do 1 .... 

 ..do 1 .... 



..do.i... 



ijune 18 

 * June 20 

 'June 23 



June 12 



June 26 

 June 24 

 ...do.... 

 June 25 



June 11 

 June 13 

 ...do 



June 15 



...do 



June 12 



...do.... 

 June 25 

 June 12 

 June 14 



Aver- 

 age 



height. 



Inches. 

 41 

 41 

 39 



40.3 



33 



39 



38 



•38 



38 



34 

 34 

 34 



34 



34 

 34 



33 

 38.3 

 34.0 

 34.0 



Average yield per 

 acre. 



Grain. Straw. 



Bushels. 

 51.30 

 48.37 

 43.39 



47.69 



49.88 

 46.30 

 34.91 



43.59 



40.56 

 39.70 

 39.51 

 39.15 



39.16 

 37.74 

 33.39 



41.08 

 37.14 

 29.14 



43.59 

 39.73 

 36.76 

 35.79 



Pounds. 

 2 2, 480 



2 2,640 



3 2, 300 



2,470 



2,150 

 2 2,380 

 i 1,820 



2,000 



2,610 

 2,680 

 2,340 

 2,680 



2,250 

 1,970 

 2,150 



2,000 

 2,580 

 2, 120 

 2,210 



Average 

 weight 



per 

 bushel. 



Pounds. 

 3 30.4 

 3 30.6 

 3 33.0 



31.3 



«32.3 

 3 30.0 

 1 29.7 



27.3 



32.5 



33.6 

 29.5 

 31.9 



34.5 

 34.6 

 35.1 



32.0 

 33.0 



30.7 



27.3 

 31.9 

 34.7 

 31.9 



1 Data for 3 years only. 2 u a ta for 6 years only. 3 Data for 5 years only. • * Data for 4 years only. 



The data on the average date of ripening at Arlington Farm (Table 

 XI) show that the Bicknell and Red Rustproof ripen about 2 weeks 

 earlier and the Culberson from 10 days to 2 weeks earlier than the 

 Winter Turf. The data for College Park show less difference among 



