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BULLETIN 1387, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 18. — Yields of 63 varieties of rice grown in head rows in the nursery experi- 
ments at the Biggs Rico Field Station during the six-year period from 1918 to 
1923, inclusive 
[The circled figures represent the number of rows included where more than one was grown] 
Type, group, and 
variety 
SHORT GRAIN 
W atari bune 
Early group: 
Pakhasali Bhada''. 
Spagnuolo 
Unnamed 
Colusa 
Bomba 
Wataribune 
Unnamed 
Do 
Kinko 
Do 
Shinshu-Kinko 
Wataribune 
Aikoku 
Unnamed 
Do 
Geppu 
Do 
Wataribune -. 
Unnamed 
Mid -season group: 
Nugengwa 
Butte 
Tshijiro. 
Araki 
Wataribune 
Bujen-ho 
Tama-Xishiki 
Araki 
Unnamed . 
Sekitori 
Wataribune 
Unnamed 
Aikoku 
Late group: 
Unnamed 
Makuno Uchi 
Unnamed 
Wataribune 
Unnamed 
Wataribune- 
Unnamed 
Aitoku 
Unnamed 
Wataribuui' .. .. 
Takenari. 
Miyako 
Kibi „ 
Takenari 
Usa-Nishiki 
Wataribune 
Wase-Shinriki 
Unnamed 
Yamato-Nishiki .. 
Unnamed 
Yamadako 
Wataribune 
Unnamed 
Do 
C.I. 
No. 
Yields per rod row (pounds) 
Average 
1918 
1919 
1561 
1316 
1585 
1587 
ieoo © 
2085 
1561 
2116 
2298 
2299 
2302 I 
2305 
1561 
2306 
2309 
2310 
2311 
2313 
1561 
2351 
1436 
1564 ® 
2304 
2312 
1561 
2322 
2323 
2336 
2337 
2.50 
1.00 
1.20 
1.50 
.56 
2.00 
2.25 
2.50 
1.75 
1.25 
1.62 
1.50 
2.50 
1.62 
1.00 
1.20 
1.50 
1.50 
2.62 
1.25 
2.12 
1.25 © 
1.25 
1.50 
2.25 
2.33 ® 
1.25 
1.50 
2.50 
2.12 
2.00 
.75 
2.25 
2.25 
2.25 © 
1.12 © 
1.87 
2.25 
2.00 
2.00 ! 
1. 60 
.75 
1.75 
1.50 
1.00 
. 75 
1.00 
.75 
2.00 
2.00 
1.25 
2.25 
1.75 
1.25 
2.25 
2.00 © 
2.00 
2.25 
2.25 
2.00 
1561 
2.37 
2.25 
2343 
2.00 
1.75 
2361 
1.50 
2.00 
1244 
2.00 
1.00 
1308 
2.25 
1.25 
1428 
2.00 
2.00 
1561 
2.00 
2.12 
1465 
2. 2;. 
2.00 
1561 © 
2.25 © 
2.00 
1925 
»0 
3.00 
2290 
2.25 
1.00 
2291 
1.75 
1. 50 
1561 
1.87 
3.00 
2301 
2.25 
2.00 
2303 
1.75 
2.50 
2326 
2.25 
1.75 
2338 
2.50 
2.25 
2339 
3.00 
2.75 
1561 
2.37 
4.25 
2346 
2.25 
2.25 
2350 
1.75 
3.00 
2355 
2.25 
3.25 
2356 
2.00 
2.50 
2357 
2.25 
2.50 
1561 
2.50 
4.25 
2359 
2.50 
2.25 
2360 
2. 50 
2.75 
Yield reduced by birds about 50 per cent» 
Only one plant obtained; not included in averages. 
