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in tlie United States. Both the original variety and selections from 
it are still being grown. The French Chevalier itself, while a very 
good variety, has not been outstanding at any one point. At Nappan, 
Nova Scotia, it produced good yields, but not so good as Mensury 
(C. I. No. 2657). This is not surprising, as the number of stations 
where the Chevalier group is the highest producing one is few. 
CHEVALIER II (C. I. NO. 200) 
Originated by the Svalof Plant-Breeding Association, Svalof, 
Sweden, Chevalier II (C. I. No. 200) was imported into the United 
States by the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction of the 
United States Department of Agriculture. Several importations 
were made, the first of which was C. I. No. 200 (Seed and Plant 
Introduction No. 5473), received March 11, 1901. Another importa- <. 
tion (S. P. I. No. 10584; C. I. No. 530) was made in 1904, and a I 
third (S. P. I. No. 19781; C. I. No. 604) was made in 1907. These later 
niunbers have been discarded in favor of C. I. No. 200. The original 
selection was made by Doctor Nilsson from Horsford Chevalier and 
was a pedigreed barley of the Chevalier t3'pe. It is about as dense 
as CharlottetovTL 80; in other words, more dense than the usual 
Chevalier. A spike of Chevalier II is shown in Plate I, A. 
HORN (C. I. NO. 926) 
Horn is a pedigreed selection from C. I. No. 31 of the "same name, 
which originall}^ came from Gassen, Austria. This selection, a 
2-rowed bearded barley of the Chevalier group, was made by the 
United States Department of Agriculture in breeding experiments ia 
cooperation with the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station at 
St. Paul, Minn. Small quantities of seed were sent from St. Paul 
to a number of places, where it was grown in nursery rows. At 
Archer, Wyo., it showed such promise that it was increased and 
iu eluded in the field plats. The 3'ields on the larger area continued 
to be large, and seed was sent to a number of other stations for plat 
testing. While it has not been widely tested it has given high }4elds 
not only at Archer but also at Havre, Mont., where it produced the 
highest average yield of all varieties grown for the five years from 
1917 to 1921, inclusive. 
CHARLOTTETOWN 80 (C. I. NO. 2732) 
Charlottetown 80 was selected from Old Island Two-Eowed by 
J. A. Clark, superintendent of the Experimental Farm, Charlotte- 
town, Prince Edward Island, Canada. 
The Old Island Two-Rowed is a variety that has been grown on 
Prince Edward Island for many years. It consists principally of 
Chevalier types but also contains a much taller barley with a dense 
spike. It was doubtless brought there from England. Mr. Clark 
selected one of the Chevalier types which had a tendency to drop 
the awns at maturity. While this barley belongs to the Chevalier 
group it would seem that some modification has occurred wliich 
favors its culture in areas south of those normally best suited to 
that group. In recent years it has given very good results not only 
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