Table 2. Yields of hard red spring wheat varieties in bushels
per acre, 1983-85.
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Southern State
St. Paul Morris Lamberton 2 Waseca Average Average
Publicly developed varieties
Era 53 54 57 57 55 53
Guard 56 56 56 59 57 54
Len 51 52 51 56 53 50
Marshall 54 55 56 61 57 55
Stoa 51 61 55 62 2 57 2 55
Wheaton 56 62 60 62 60 58
Butte 51 52 46 51 51 49
Chris 43 46 43 45 43 42
Olaf 49 53 52 53 53 50
Privately developed varieties
Apex 83 55 2 48 2 51 55 2 52 2 52 2
A99AR 50 61 54 62 57 56
Buckshot 59 51 55 60 56 53
Challenger 54 2 47 2 49 53 2 51 2 50 2
Erik 44 55 61 68 58 55
Leif 51 2 47 2 49 60 2 52 2 50 2
Norseman 49 2 51 2 54 62 2 54 2 54 2
Oslo 56 55 49 56 54 52
PR2360 50 54 50 57 53 52
Solar 51 52 57 59 55 53
Success 52 2 60 2 57 60 2 57 2 55 2
Walera 52 52 57 58 55 53
2369 65 57 56 61 58 56
LSD 5 6 10 8 5 3
1 1983-84.
2 1984-85.
3 1984. Data adjusted to 3-year average.