THE INTERNATIONAL SAWFLY YIELD NURSERY The 16 entries in the 1979 International Sawfly Yield Performance Nursery are listed below Entry Cross C.I. No. or Year No. or Variety Sel. No. Entered Source 1 Fortuna 13596 1963 USDA-ND 2 Chris 13751 1971 USDA-MN 3 Tioga 17286 1969 USDA-ND 4 Waldron 13958 1975 USDA-ND 5 Lew 17429 1972 USDA-MT 6 Thatcher 10003 1976 USDA-MT 7 WRN//S6579/ND487 SU 28's'-1 1976 ND 8 Tioga/WRN SU 56 1976 ND 9 WRN*2/S6579 SU 7's'-3 1977 ND 10 Tioga/WRN SU 57 1977 ND 11 Chinook*2/5046-98 7748-2768 1977 Can-Lethbridge 12 B52-91//KF/CNt/3/Pta MT766 1978 USDA-MT 13 P1330457/Fortuna MT7732** 1979 USDA-MT 14 B52-91//KF/CNt/3/Fta MT7620 1979 USDA-MT 15 SR4553/Fortuna MT7810** 1979 USDA-MT 16 ND6850/Fortuna MT783 1979 USDA-MT **Semidwarf Trial Description and Summary The International Sawfly Nursery was planted at 5 locations in North Dakota and Montana, but harvested at 4. Data are given in Tables 5-1 to 5-4. Entries at Fargo had the highest average yield with 35.1 Bu/A, while entries at Williston had the lowest with 26.4 Bu/A. Average yields and bushel weights in 1979, 1978-79, and 1977-79 for entries in this nursery are given in Table 6. SU 7's'-1 ranked first with 37.1 Bu/A, 7748-2758 had the lowest average with 27.4 Bu/A. Miscellaneous agronomic and disease data are summarized in Table 7-1 and 7-2. No stem cutting data was obtained on the entries at Lethbridge, Canada in 1979.