Table 1. Yields and other characteristics of spring wheat varieties, 1967-69 ============================================================= Heading Plant Reaction2 Test Class and date height, Lodging Leaf Stem weight variety (June) inches score1 rust rust pounds ______________________________________________________________ Hard Red Spring Chris 28 39 3.7 R R 62.8 Manitou 28 38 4.0 MS R 61.0 Polk 28 39 3.8 R R 62.2 Justin 29 38 2.8 S R 60.9 Neepawa 27 39 3.5 MS R 62.0 Waldron 27 38 2.0 R R 62.3 World Seeds 18123 26 30 2.5 R R 62.1 Red River 684 26 30 2.5 R R 62.3 _____________________________________________________________ Yield,bushels per acre St.Paul Waseca Morris Crookston Avg. Chris 40 40 37 41 40 Manitou 41 40 37 4*2 40 Polk 37 37 35 40 37 Justin 35 32 34 35 34 Neepawa 42 43 39 49 43 Waldron 38 40 38 45 41 LSD 5% 4 5 4 5 3 __________________________________________________________ 1 1 = erect, 9 = flat. 2 Reaction to prevalent races: R resistant, MR = moderately resistant, MS = moderately susceptible, S susceptible. 3 1969 4 1968-69