RUST-RESISTING WHEAT
; - Distinct progress Tnas' been •madei experts say, iri the ’development, Tri Canada of rust-resisting strains of wheat. - Three . varieties ; iiow ;qre proved and available in fair quantities ;and it is. estimated that by. 1938 they will have replaced Marquis, in nearly all the rust areas of the western provinces. Experts declare that had this hew seed.been available in the past season the Canadian wheat crop would have been increased by bushels! \ ■’ . ■ ; ? .Infinite experiment and test has produced varieties known as Apex, Thatcher, and one without name called simply 716. Apex was grown this year in southern Saskatchewan under extremely severe rust conditions there prevailing, and its straw was bright and clean , while that of Marquis in the same area was badly rusted. Tests made at Kelso showed that Apex yielded 24.2 bushels to the acre, weighed 59.6 pounds to the bushel, graded No. 2 Northern, while Marquis grown in adjoining plots yielded only; seven bushels, so badly shrunken that it weighed only 34.6 pounds to the bushel and graded as feed.
In general the new wheat has yielded a little better than Marquis in areas free from rust, and much better in the rust districts.
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Matamata Record, Volume XIX, Issue 1693, 6 January 1936, Page 8
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