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BULLETIN 1127, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
seeding of varieties which have a long growing period. The long- 
grain varieties, which are late in maturing, show a greater tendencv 
to shatter their grain than the short-grain rices that ripen at the 
same time. The early-maturing varieties, which as a rule have lon£ 
grains, seldom shatter unless left standing too long after the irriga- 
tion water has been drained from the field. When maturity occurs 
in late autumn there always is greater shattering, regardless of the 
variety of rice. The agronomic characters, including yield, of the 
11 varieties here described are given in Table 2. 
Table 2. — Average agronomic data and annual and average yields of seven new 
and four long-established varieties of rice groirn on tenth-acre plats at the 
Rice Experiment Station, Crowley, La., during periods of varying length in 
the 9-year period from 1913 to 1921, inclusive. 
Average Agronomic Data. 
Class and variety. 
C. I. No. 
Date of— 
Time to 
maturity 
(days) from — 
Days of 
sub- 
Seed- 
ing. 
Emer- Sub- 
ing. "^ 
Seed- 
ing. 
First 
head- 
ing. 
mer- 
gence. 
Long-grain varieties: 
Fortnna 
Delitus 
Tokalon 
Evangeline 
1344 
1206 
51 
1162 
May 
2 
4 
3 
3 
May June An/]. Sept. 
17 17 20 21 142 
19 15 7 12 131 
17 17 23 23 143 
17 IS 3 2 122 
17 15 3 2 123 
IS 17 21 21 144 
17 16 3 3 123 
19 19 26 26 14S 
17 18 16 19 139 
IS 16 14 17 137 
20 17 23 143 
32 
36 
31 
30 
30 
34 
31 
31 
34 
34 
34 
96 
89 
9S 
76 
1241 ! 2 
1297 1 3 
1643 3 
1902 1 
19SS 3 
1501 3 
1642 
79 
Salvo 
Honduras 
Medium-grain variety: 
Blue Rose 
99 
79 
99 
Short-grain varieties: 
Acadia 
Wataribune 
93 
93 
98 
Class and varietv. 
Dimensions (inches). 
Weight of product (pounds). 
Long-grain varieties: 
Fortuna 
Delitus 
Tokalon 
Evangeline 
Vintula 
Salvo 
Honduras 
Medium-grain variety 
Blue Rose 
Short-grain varieties: 
Acadia 
Wataribune 
Shinrtki 
Culms 
per 
plant. 
Height of 
plant at— 
Date of 
sub- Matu- 
mer- rity. 1 
gence. 
Length 
of pan- 
icle. 
50 ] 
43 
37 
11.50 
9.70 
10.35 
8.50 
10.00 
10.50 
8.50 
8.98 
8.65 
S.00 
Seeds 
Acre vield. 
per 
Hulls 
pan- 
icle. 
Per 
in 
100 
bushel. 
pounds 
Grain. 
Straw. 
of 
paddy. 
187 
2,530 
2,210 
43 
21.0 
122 
1,862 
1,350 
43 
22.0 
152 
2,443 
2,310 
44 
IS. 2 
140 
2,027 
1,191 
44 
21.6 
145 
2,086 
1,149 
42 
20.6 
143 
1,774 
1.790 
11 
22.0 
157 
1,834 
2,363 
41 
20.6 
144 
2,086 
2,520 
44 
20.6 
132 
2,884 
2,020 
44 
17.2 
137 
2.727 
1.777 
44 
18.0 
105 
2, 500 
1.734 
46 
19.0 
Including panicle 
