International review of the science and practice of agriculture . e results were obtained with the two strainsof German oats for peat soil, and the worst with Klock II. The two newtypes of Svalof black oats were, contrary to expectation, inferior to theGerman oats ; the shortness of the period of observation, however, doesnot allow of definitive conclusions on this point. We quote the followingaverage results : Number Straw yield Grain yieldof years per acre per acre , ., . of test — — Probsteicr 7 2 068 New (iernian light yellow oats for peat soil 5 2037 New tiernian golden-yellow
International review of the science and practice of agriculture . e results were obtained with the two strainsof German oats for peat soil, and the worst with Klock II. The two newtypes of Svalof black oats were, contrary to expectation, inferior to theGerman oats ; the shortness of the period of observation, however, doesnot allow of definitive conclusions on this point. We quote the followingaverage results : Number Straw yield Grain yieldof years per acre per acre , ., . of test — — Probsteicr 7 2 068 New (iernian light yellow oats for peat soil 5 2037 New tiernian golden-yellow oats for peat soil .... 5 i 800ISlack Black (icrman oats for peat soil 7 34-70 2488 Klock II 3 2408 Black Nordlnisk oats 5 - /i Among the black races examined at Flahult, the German oats lead,proving superior to the Klock, which is nevertheless remarkable for itsabundance of straw. The Nordllnsk always gave ;- results andis certainly not able to compete with the other races. With regard to the 968 PLANT BREEDING Table white oats, the Probsteier is somewhat superior to the two German types,but the latter nevertheless represent very good varieties particularly adapt-ed to peat soils 748 - Strawberry Breeding in the United States. —Tin- jounud of Hcndiy, Voi. vii. No. 4, p. 191. Washington, April 1916. Probably with no single fruit has more been accomplished b}-scienti-fic breeding than with the strawberry. Of the 200 000 acres or thereaboutswhich are planted to strawberries in the United States, it is probable that90 % are planted to varieties which have been produced during the lastquarter of a century. Strawberries have been grown in the United vStates ever since the coun-try was first settled, but the original strains bore fruit only in the earl)^summer. One of the greatest advances in the industry was the introduc-tion of the fall-bearing or ever-bearing varieties, the first of which was Pan-American, produced by Samuel Cooper, o
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