Table 1. Yield of hard red spring wheat varieties in bushels/A, 1981-83
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Crook- No St. Lamber- So State
Variety ston Stephen Roseau1 avg Paul1 Morris2 ton Waseca1 avg. avg.
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Butte 48 51 40 47 46 48 44 49 47 47
Era 53 52 37 49 45 51 33 41 44 46
Len 48 50 38 46 41 44 40 41 42 44
Marshall 55 56 46 53 48 50 40 45 46 50
Solar 55 53 41 51 45 51 35 46 45 48
Wheaton 58 59 43 55 46 52 41 47 47 51
Alex 50 51 37 47 38 47 41 45 43 45
Angus 54 42 41 46 46 47 38 39 43 45
Centa 45 48 4 36 44 38 43 39 44 41 43
Chris 34 35 39 36 31 42 28 35 35 35
Coteau 42 48 42 44 36 42 32 40 39 41
Erik 55 55 4 37 51 4 35 49 37 51 44 47 4
Kitt 50 51 42 48 43 46 37 42 43 46
Olaf 45 49 37 44 41 47 36 40 42 43
Oslo 55 52 41 50 45 49 42 42 45 48
PR2360 51 57 4 43 51 4 43 47 38 47 44 48 4
Victory 283
44 4 49 4 36 44 38 - 41 43 - -
Walera 53 53 41 50 46 49 34 45 45 47
Wared 50 49 39 47 42 48 33 40 42 45
World Seeds
1809 46 40 35 41 40 44 35 38 40 41
2369 54 4 55 4 45 52 50 - 39 47 - -
711 52 52 43 50 49 50 32 42 45 47
LSD 5% 7 9 5 9 6 7 4 3
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1 1982-83.
2 1981, 1983.
3 1982.
4 1982-83 data adjusted to 3-year average,able 2. Characteristics of hard red spring wheat varieties, 1981-1983