150 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I914. 



Table i — Concluded. 



Variety 









introduced 



Accession 



Variety Name. 



Seed Purchased From 



in 



number. 







1912 



34 



Rebred 60-day 



L. L. Olds Company, 

 Madison, Wis. 



1912 



35 



Daubeney 



C. R. Giles, 



Heidelburg, Ontario. 



1912 



36 



Siberian 



Wm. Lewis, 



Dunsford, Ontario. 



1912 



37 



Abundance 



James Furgeson, 

 Dalmenv, Ontario. 



1912 



38 



Gold Rain 



Experiment Station, 



Charlottetown, P. E. I. - 



1912 



39 



Minnesota No. 26 



Garton-Cooper Co., 

 Chicago, 111. 



1912 



40 



Early Pearl 



R. L. Copeland, 

 Brewer, Maine. 



1913 



41 



Garton No. 5 



Garton-Cooper Co., 

 Chicago, 111. 



Of the 41 varieties in this list seven are duplicates in the sense 

 that they are strains of a given variety obtained from different 

 sources. This leaves 34 varieties bearing distinct names. 



The general characters of these varieties are shov^n in Table 

 2. In this table the varieties used are classified under their chief 

 distinguishing characters. 



Table 2. 

 Classification of the Varieties Tested. 



I. OPEN spreading HEAD. 



A. Early Oats. 



a. White grain. 



9*. Early Champion. 

 • 35 . Daubeney. 



b. Yellow grain. 

 6-7. Kherson. 



34. Rebred 60-day. 



B. Medium Early Oats. 



a. Yellow grain. 



23. Imported Scotch. 



C. Medium Late Oats, 

 a. White grain 



11 



40. 



12. 



2. 



39. 



Silver Mine. 

 Irish Victor. 

 Early Pearl. 

 Lincoln. 



Burpee's Welcome. 

 Minnesota No. 26. 



*The number before the variety name refers to the accession number as given in Table 1. 



