Table 2. Yields of hard red spring wheat varieties in bushels
per acre, 1984-86.
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Crook- Ste- Ros- North St. Mor- Lamber- Waseca South State
Variety ston phen 1 eau AVG. Paul ris ton AVG. AVG.
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PUBLICLY DEVELOPED VARIETIES
Era 54 56 50 53 52 47 49 56 51 52
Guard 52 51 46 50 52 50 48 65 54 52
Len 49 57 40 45 51 45 45 57 49 47
Marshall 54 54 46 51 52 49 50 63 54 53
Stoa 63 53 51 56 50 54 49 67 55 56
Wheaton 58 58 47 54 54 55 54 68 58 56
Butte 49 48 45 47 48 44 43 56 48 48
Chris 42 41 37 40 33 39 37 44 38 39
Olaf 51 48 42 47 51 44 46 55 49 48
PRIVATELY DEVELOPED VARIETIES
Apex83 55 45 57 59 55 44 45 60 51 60
A99AR 54 53 59 55 46 50 46 63 51 53
Buckshot 53 54 44 50 51 45 48 61 51 51
Celtic 60 2 51 3 48 2 43 46 2 45 2 48 2 63 2 53 2 53 2
Challenger 50 46 46 47 54 45 42 60 50 49
Erik 58 62 42 54 44 49 53 70 54 54
Leif 43 4 54 5 40 4 46 4 51 4 41 4 44 4 64 4 50 4 48 4
Norak 55 2 46 3 42 48 2 52 2 43 2 43 2 58 2 49 2 49 2
Norseman 60 51 45 52 53 46 48 64 53 53
Oslo 56 48 45 50 56 47 44 60 52 51
Solar 53 56 44 51 51 45 50 59 51 51
Success 56 58 49 54 52 50 50 61 53 54
Tammy 57 2 37 3 50 2 48 2 55 2 48 2 41 2 64 2 52 2 50 2
Walera 51 49 42 47 44 43 49 54 47 47
2369 57 54 49 53 53 48 50 63 54 54
LSD 5% 9 6 7 6 9 7 6 9 4 4
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1 1984, 1986.
2 1985-86.
3 1986.
4 1984-85.
5 1984. Data adjusted to 3-year average.