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FLAX TRIALS - 1953
Experiments with flax in 1953 at the Dickinson Experiment Station included field plot trials of fifteen named varieties.
Flax Variety Trials
The five top yielding flax varieties this year were Linda, Sheyenne, Bison, B 5128, and Dooro (C.I. 977).
Yields were poor in the flax variety trials this year, 7.3 bushels per acre being high from Linda and 2.4 bushels per acre being the lowest yield in this trial from Arrow.
Thin stands and a heavy weed infestation, particularly pigeon grass, were the main reasons for the poor yields this year.
Data from the 1953 flax variety trial are presented in table 15.
Comparative yields for the flax variety trials from 1944 through 1953 with averages since
1944 are summarized in table 16.
| Table 15 - Agronomic Data from Flax Variety Trials - 1953 | |||||||||||
| Date Seeded - 5-8-53 Date Emerged - 5-56-53 Rate - 2 pecks Plot Size - 1/66 Acre |
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| 1953 No. | Variety or Cross | C.I. or N. No. | Yield - Bu. per Acre | Test Wt. | Date | Ht. In. | Rank | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Ave. | First Bloom | ||||||
| 1 | Sheyenne | 1073 | 6.5 | 4.2 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 57.2 | 7-6 | 17 | 2 |
| 2 | Linda | 1165 | 8.0 | 6.9 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 57.5 | 7-8 | 16 | 1 |
| 3 | Marine | 1135 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 56.7 | 7-8 | 16 | 11 |
| 4 | Dakota | 1071 | 3.1 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 57.2 | 7-8 | 19 | 6 |
| 5 | Bison | 389 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 7.2 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 58.0 | 7-12 | 19 | 3 |
| 6 | Koto | 842 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 58.0 | 7-12 | 18 | 9 |
| 7 | Rocket | 1133 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 56.5 | 7-8 | 16 | 8 |
| 8 | Royal | Canada | 3.4 | 3.1 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 56.5 | 7-11 | 18 | 10 |
| 9 | Arrow | 1070 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 56.5 | 7-12 | 19 | 15 |
| 10 | B. 5577 | B. 5577 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 57.0 | 7-7 | 18 | 7 |
| 11 | Victory | 1045 | 2.3 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 57.0 | 7-2 | 18 | 13 |
| 12 | Victory sel. | Ns 3256 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 55.0 | 7-2 | 20 | 12 |
| 13 | Redwood | 1030 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 58.0 | 7-7 | 18 | 14 |
| 14 | B. Golden | 977 | 3.8 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 57.5 | 7-10 | 19 | 5 |
| 15 | B. 5128 | B. 5128 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 6.9 | 5.0 | 59.7 | 7-10 | 19 | 4 |
| Table 16 - Comparative Yields Flax Varietal Trials - 1944-1953 With Averages Since 1944 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Variety | Yields in Bushels per Acre | Averages | |||||||||||||||||
| 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1952 to 1953 | 1951 to 1953 | 1950 to 1953 | 1949 to 1953 | 1948 to 1953 | 1947 to 1953 | 1946 to 1953 | 1945 to 1953 | 1944 to 1953 | |
| Bison | 5.6 | 6.9 | 9.7 | 11.3 | 7.4 | 0 | 8.9 | 4.0 | 9.3 | 5.4 | 7.3 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.8 |
| B. 5577 | 10.0 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 14.1 | 6.2 | 0 | 10.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 7.4 |
| R. 522 (C.I. 977) | 7.7 | 7.8 | 9.7 | 16.0 | 5.9 | 0 | 9.4 | 3.8 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Koto | 7.3 | 7.2 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 10.6 | 0 | 9.1 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.9 |
| Victory | 8.7 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 10.1 | 5.4 | 0 | 11.5 | 3.8 | 8.1 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.8 |
| B. 5128 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 14.6 | 5.0 | 0 | 12.1 | 3.0 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.1 |
| Royal | 7.9 | 8.3 | 10.7 | 12.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 9.5 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.9 |
| Dakota | 7.5 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 0 | 10.9 | 3.5 | 9.0 | 4.6 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 7.0 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| Sheyenne | 6.2 | 6.5 | 9.3 | 14.0 | 4.5 | 0 | 9.5 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| Arrow | 7.5 | 11.4 | 9.6 | 11.0 | 3.8 | 0 | 10.0 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 6.3 |
| Marine | 9.5 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 5.8 | ||||||||||||
| Rocket | 9.0 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 5.1 | ||||||||||||
| Redwood | 8.4 | 2.8a | 4.8 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.8 | ||||||||||||
| Ns 3256 | 6.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Linda | 5.4 | 7.3 | 6.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sig. diff. bu. | |||||||||||||||||||
| aNew Redwood seed beginning in 1951. | |||||||||||||||||||