Table 2. Characteristics of hard red spring wheat, 1968-70.
Yield, bushels per acre
St. Paul Morris Crookston Stephen4 Average
Hard Red Spring
Chris 38 36 37 36 37
Polk 34 34 38 38 35
Waldron 38 40 44 37 41
Era 42 41 50 41 45
Fletcher 36 35 40 35 37
Neepawa 40 36 44 - 40
Inia 66 44 36 42 37 41
Justin 34 30 31 - 32
Red River 68 42 37 46 43 42
L&D 5% 5 4 5 6 4
Manitou 3 41 35 39 33 38
World Seed 1809 3 45 41 45 36 43
World Seed 1812 3 36 35 39 39 37
Bonanza 4 34 36 34 28 34
1 1= erect, 9 = flat.
2 Reaction to prevalent races: R = resistant, MR = moderately
resistant, MS = moderately susceptible, S = susceptible.
3 1969-1970.
4 1970.
5 1968.