34 



Influence of Good Seed. 



Average Results of Each of Twelve Varieties of Winter Wheat. 



Varieties. 



rded or 

 ess Heads. 



hite or 

 I Chaff. 



hite or 

 i Grain. 



nt. of Rust, 

 years. 



mt. of Crop 

 d, 6 Years. 



nparative 1 



rdness of 



n, 3 Years. | 



inds per 



red Bushel, 1 



Vears. 



Yields per Acre, 

 14 \ears. 





Ilea 

 arui 









° M 







0 S J 

 Pm « 



Straw 



Grain 





V 







<u 



























Tons. 



Bushels. 



Dawson s Golden Chan 



Ba 



R 



w 



7 



0 



65 



60*2 



3-2 



54-8 



Early Genesee Giant . 



Be 



R 



w 



IO 



I I 



72 



00 4 



3'3 



504 



Imperial Amber . 



Be 



R 



R 



6 



16 



72 



61 • 1 



3-4 



49-6 



Russian Amber . 



Be 



W 



R 



7 



7 



72 



61-3 



3'4 



48-9 



Egyptian Amber . 



Be 



W 



R 



7 



7 



69 



617 



34 



48-4 



Early Red Clavvson 



Ba 



R 



R 



7 



12 



69 



594 



30 



48-1 



Rudy 



Be 



W 



R 



7 



10 



76 



6i"3 



2-8 



46-4 



Geneva 



Be 



W 



R 



8 



18 



79 



62*5 



3*i 



45'i 



Tasmania Red 



Be 



R 



R 



7 



18 



88 



61 "9 



3"i 



447 



Turkey Red 



Be 



W 



R 



8 



10 



98 



6 r6 



2-9 



447 



Kentucky Giant . 



Be 



W 



R 



7 



9 



83 



6r 5 



3-0 



447 



Treadwell . 



Be 



W 



W 



: 5- 



6 



7i 



60-9 



3'o 



44'6 



Average Results of Each of Twelve Varieties of Spring Wheat. 













































u rt 





u C 



bp 



« . 





s- J2 



Yield per Acre, 





4* 



O c3 



O •« 











5 Years, 



Varieties. 



<L> 1/) 



Su 





c S 



±1 <^ 



0 >> 















£^ 

















N 













0 p to 















0 

 C 







$ 



Straw. 



Grain. 



















Tons. 



Bushels. 



Minnesota No. 163 ... 



Ba 



w 



R 



46 



6 



121 



58-9 



2'2 



34*1 



Hungarian Red ... 



Be 



R 



R 



41 



5 



Il6 



62"I 



2*1 



33'5 



Climax 



Be 



W 



R 



47 



6 



II 9 



59-1 



2*1 



3i'9 



Carleton 



Be 



W 



R 



47 



9 



I20 



59'3 



2'2 



3i4 



Red Fife 



Ba 



W 



R 



45 



8 



I20 



58-2 



2"I 



3i"3 



Saxonka 



Be 



W 



R 



46 



6 



119 



59'8 



2'0 



3i'2 



White Russian ... ... 



Ba 



W 



R 



43 



9 



121 



58-0 



1-9 



3i'o 



Blue Democrat ... 



Be 



w 



R 



46 



9 



119 



58-9 



2'I 



3o-8 



Preston ... ... ... 



Be 



R 



R 



43 



10 



115 



59-1 



i;8 



3o-8 



Wellman Fife 



Ba 



W 



R 



45 



1 1 



I20 



57'5 



2' I 



3o'5 



Kolben 



Ba 



W 



R 



U 



7 



121 



59-2 



2"0 



30*1 



Herison Bearded 



Be 



R 



R 



43 



7 



Il8 



6r8 



2 - 0 



30-1 



Ba— beardless. Be = bearded. 



Table T. 



for five years. Its grain weighs rather light per measured bushel, 

 but has given very good results in bread-making. The Hun- 

 garian Red variety of spring wheat, which has surpassed the Red 

 Fife by an average of 2' 2 bushels of grain per acre and by 3*9 lb. 

 in weight of grain per measured bushel, has also been superior 

 to the Ontario-grown Red Fife for bread, and has reached 

 maturity four days earlier. The Hungarian Red wheat was 

 imported by the Ontario Agricultural College from the Argentine 

 Republic in the spring of 1903. It was distributed along with 

 Red Fife throughout Ontario in the spring of 1908 for co-operative 



