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The Red Rust-proof variety and its various strains — 

 Appier, Culberson, and Bancroft — may be sown either in 

 the fall or after Christmas. In hardiness toward cold, or 

 ability successfully to withstand a severe winter, this 

 variety is superior to Burt but less hardy than Turf, and 

 decidedly less hardy than barley, wheat, or rye. In spite 

 of the occasional winter-killing of a crop of Red oats sown 

 in the fall, it is usually more profitable throughout the 

 greater part of the cotton-belt to sow in the fall than after 

 Christmas. Means of decreasing winter-killing are in- 

 dicated in paragraph 22. 



In maturity, the Red Rust-proof group of varieties is 

 earlier by two to three weeks than Turf oats sown at the 

 same time in the fall. When sown after Christmas, Red 

 oats are at least a week later than Burt oats sown at the 

 same time. 



Red Rust-proof oats are not reaUy completely rust- 

 proof, but strongly rust-resistant. In years when rust is 

 especially severe, this variety is attacked and occasionally 

 rather severely injured, but never to the same extent as 

 other varieties. 



In yield of grain, the Red Rust-proof type has on the 

 whole been more satisfactory in the cotton-belt than any 

 other. It is especially more productive than Turf oats 

 where the soil is poor or when the weather conditions are 

 unfavorable. 



Appier is a popular variety of the Red Rust-proof type, 

 which sometimes has proved slightly more productive 

 than an unselected strain of the Red Rust-proof. 



11. Burt oats. — This variety (Figs. 6 and 7), sometimes 

 known as " May oats," has a slender, bearded grain, usu- 



