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BULLETIN 1334^ U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE 
Of the varieties given a detailed comparison of 13 is shown in Table 77. The 
2 North African barleys, Coast (C. I. No. 626) and Poda (C. I. No. 652), were 
the best of the 13. Poda is of the Peruvian type. The North African barleys 
as now grown in California contain two quite different types, although both are 
obviously North African in origin and character. The predominating type is a 
nodding barley with kernels which, though they are long, are shorter than those 
of most North African varieties. Barleys of the Poda, or Peruvian, type have 
more erect spikes and longer kernels. They are also more likely to have blue 
color in the endosperm. 
Beldi Dwarf (C. I. No. 190), which is similar to the California Mariout (C. I. 
No. 1455), was third in point of yield at Chico. White Smyrna (C. I. No. 195), 
ranking fourth, gave relatively higher yields at Chico than at Davis. Club 
Mariout (C. I. No. 261) was fifth. This barley came from the same region in 
Egypt from w^hich the California Mariout was imported. The former has given 
very good yields at Chico, and the quality of the grain when well grown is not 
surpassed by that of any barley in America. These varieties are discussed in 
detail in the section of this bulletin devoted to descriptions of the better varieties. 
In the summarized digest of Table 77 a comparison of one of the Abyssinian 
barleys with 12 other varieties is shown. While it was superior only to Oder- 
brucker (C. I. No. 940) and Invincible (C. I. No. 590) its yield was more than 
90 per cent of that of five other varieties. Few Abyssinian barleys have been 
imported into the United States. The varieties from Abyssinia grow well in 
California, and from their appearance it is probable that they would have value 
in hybridizing. 
Tennessee Winter (C. I. No. 257) has been grown at Chico but has not proved 
equal to the barleys of North Africa and Asia Minor. It has been a very good 
variety, however. Chico unquestionably is in the district well suited to the 
production of barleys of the North African type. It is also possible that barleys 
from Asia Minor may be found which would be very high yielding. 
MODESTO, CALIF. 
The barleys grown at Modesto, Calif., from 1906 to 1909, inclusive, were 
tested in cooperation with the California Agricultural Experiment Station. 
The conditions under which these tests were made were not altogether favorable, 
and no definite conclusions can be drawn. 
It is quite evident from Table 78 that White Smyrna (C. I. No. 195) and 
Coast (C. I. No. 626) were the best yielding sorts. In 1907 Coast gave the better 
yield, in 1908 White Smyrna exceeded all varieties grown, and in 1909 White 
Smyrna and Coast were almost equal. Club Mariout (C. I. No. 261) produced 
the highest yield of the spring varieties in 1909. In that year Tennessee Winter 
(C. I. No. 257) gave the unusually high yield of 67.6 bushels. The spring barleys 
were seeded later than the optimum date in the tests made. 
Table 78. — Annual acre yields of varieties of barley grown at Modesto, Calif., in 
two or more of the four years from 1906 to 1909, inclusive 
[Data obtained in cooperation with the California Agricultural Experiment Station] 
Variety 
C.I. 
No. 
Acre yield 
s (bushels) 
Years 
grown 
Aver- 
age 
yield 
(bus.) 
Percent- 
age of 
weighted 
mean 
1906 
1907 
1908 
1909 
Beldi Dwarf 
190 
191 
195 
194 
257 
2r,l 
626 
5.7 
9.8 
10.9 
8.8 
9.4 
8.4 
"■"8." 6" 
39.7 
12.4 
65.0 
12.2 
13.6 
67.6 
23. 4 
13.0 
2 
2 
4 
3 
2 
3 
3 
22.7 
11.0 
24.5 
11.5 
38.5 
20.2 
26.7 
102.3 
Black Smyrna „._ . 
50.0 
White Smyrna 
111.4 
Telli 
49.1 
Tennessee Winter. 
230.5 
riub Mariout 
'"'i2.'2" 
28.8 
55. 
86.3 
Coast.- .. . . . 
95.0 
