PEDIGREED FIBER FLAX. 
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The 11 selections which the score card places at the top of the list 
(Table 3) may be classified in three groups, according to whether 
they appear superior, equal, or inferior to the check. 
Table 3.- 
-Summary of 2 to 5 year averages, comparing the 10 lest selections 
with strains of commercial fiber flax. 
Yield per acre. 
Height. 
Breaking 
strength 
Per j; 
inch of 
diameter. 
Number or 
Straw . 
Seed. 
Total. 
To 
first 
branch. 
Origin. 
name. 
■ot 
c3 
Eh 
1812 
Lbs. 
1,490 
1,489 
1,361 
1,305 
1,242 
1,400 
1,262 
1,328 
1,400 
1,172 
983 
1,186 
Lbs. 
1,972 
1,705 
1,762 
1,964 
1,608 
1,812 
1,610 
1,758 
1,970 
1,494 
1,333 
1,630 
Bu. 
4.86 
4.84 
4.64 
7.17 
4.95 
4.48 
4.18 
5.48 
4.88 
5.40 
6.62 
7.42 
Inches. 
34.8 
38.1 
35.4 
36.0 
37.8 
36.5 
38.7 
35.6 
37.4 
42.6 
26.5 
32.3 
Inches. 
26.3 
26.4 
27.1 
24.7 
26.4 
25.9 
27.7 
23.7 
25.4 
26.6 
19.6 
20.0 
Lbs. 
5.07 
a 7. 40 
a 6. 20 
3.71 
6.05 
4.86 
No record. 
6.35 
1.74 
4.46 
a 4. 23 
a 2. 96 
In 1909, from fields of Blue-Blos- 
som Dutch, Sanilac County, 
Mich. 
Do. 
1903 
1914 
Do. 
1931 
From North Dakota, No. 155. at 
Fareo, N. Dak. 
In 1909, from fields of Blue-Blos- 
som Dutch, Sanilac Countv, 
Mich. 
Do. 
Saginaw (1905)... 
1910 
1901 
English pedigreed, imported 
from Australia in 1916. 
In 1909, from fields of Blue-Blos- 
1926 
1904 
som Dutch, Sanilac County, 
Mich. 
Do 
1919 
Do 
C ommercialun- 
improved 
fiber flax from 
Holland: 
Blue-Blos- 
som Dutch. 
White-Blos- 
som Dutch. 
Imported in 1905. 
Imported in 1917. 
a Record of only one year. Where no record is available the breaking-strain score of the check is inserted. 
Of those that appear superior to the check, Selection Nos. 1812, 
1903, and 1914, only No. 1914 can be considered, for Selection Nos. 
1812 and 1903 have a low seed vitality. Selection No. 1914 com- 
pares favorably with the check; it has good seed vitality and is 
somewhat taller; it has fine stems and very little basal branching. 
The advantage appears, however, to lie with the check, for Selection 
No. 1914 is more inclined to lodge than the check, and its resistance 
to wilt is not well established. 
The second group, consisting of those that appear about equal to 
the check, contains Selection Nos. 1910, 1901, and 1926. All of these 
grade under the check on total score, but appear equal to the check 
when the percentages allotted to resistance to wilt and lodging are 
subtracted. Selection No. 1910 is very resistant to wilt, but has 
coarse stems and develops more basal branching than any of the other 
tall selections. Selection No. 1901 comes nearest to the check in this 
group, because of its extra-long stems, but it has a low seed vitality 
and its stems are slightly coarser than those of the check. Selection 
No. 1926 has very fine stems, even finer than those of the Blue-Bios- 
