EXPERIMENTS WITH MAEQUIS WHEAT. 
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Preston (spring common), Kubanka (spring durum), and Crimean 
(winter) groups are shown in figures 4 and 5. 
Fig. 4. — Heads and kernels of three varieties of hard wheat, one-half natural size: 1, Preston (spring 
common); 2, Kubanka (spring durum); 3, Kharkof (winter). 
Table III. — Annual and average yields of the Marquis and six other varieties of wheat 
grown at the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station, Ames, Iowa, during 1914 and 1915. 
[Data obtained in cooperation with the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station.] 
Group and variety. 
Yield per acre (bushels). 
Average. 
Fife: 
Marquis 
Glyndon (Minn. No. 163) 
Crimean (winter): 
Turkey (Iowa No. 404) . . 
Turkey 
Kharkof 
Preston: 
Early Java 
Bluestem: 
Haynes (Minn. No. 169) . 
12.0 
12.0 
41.7 
34.1 
33.3 
12.7 
21.0 
12.3 
40.7 
39.2 
15.3 
13.0 
16.5 
12.2 
41.2 
36.7 
36.1 
13.6 
12.9 
