46 BULLETIN 1287, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Awned barleys have outyielded both awnless and hooded varieties. 
The highest yielders include both six-rowed and two-rowed varieties. 
Coast has been the best yielder among the six-rowed varieties, and 
Smyrna (C. I. No. 2642) has been the highest yielding two-rowed 
sort grown during five or more years. The earliness of these varieties 
has enabled them to escape drought injury to a considerable extent 
and consequently they have yielded well: In seasons of favorable 
FIG. 21.—Spikes of varieties of barley grown at the Akron Field Station: 1, White Smyrna; 2, Hannchen; 
3, Coast; 4, Nepal; 5, Himalaya 
rainfall, late varieties have sometimes produced the best yields. 
For example, Orel yielded best in 1920. Heads of White Smyrna, 
Hannchen, Coast, Nepal, and Himalaya barleys are shown in Figure 
74) Be 
Among the two-rowed varieties, Blackhull has been grown in all 
years, but has not yielded so well as several strains of W hite Smyrna 
and Hannchen. The Coast variety has averaged higher in yield 
than any of the other varieties grown in all years. The Orel variety 
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