Flax Variety Descriptions

Variety¹	Origin	Year Released	Relative Maturity	Seed Color	Plant Height	Wilt	Relative Yield
CDC Arras	Can.	1999	mid	brown	medium	MR	v good
CDC Bethume	Can.	1999	m late	brown	m tall	MR	v good
CDC Carnduff	Can.	1998	m late	brown	m tall	MR	v good
Cathay	ND	1998	mid	brown	medium	MR	v good
AC Emerson	Can.	1994	mid	brown	medium	VR	v good
Pembina	ND	1998	mid	brown	medium	MR	v good
Linora	Can.	1993	late	brown	tall	R	v good
McDuff	Can.	1993	late	brown	m tall	R	v good
Omega	ND	1989	mid	yellow	medium	MS	v good
Neche	ND	1988	mid	brown	medium	R	good
CDC Normandy	Can.	1995	mid	brown	short	MR	v good
Prompt	SD	1988	early	brown	medium	MR	good
Linton	ND	1985	early	brown	medium	R	v good
McGregor	Can.	1980	late	brown	tall	R	v good
CDC Valour	Can.	1996	early	brown	short	MR	v good
AC Watson	Can.	1996	early	brown	short	MR	v good
Webster	SD	1998	late	brown	tall	MR	v good

¹ All varieties have resistance to prevalent races of rust; all have good oil yield and oil quality.

Dryland Fallow Flax Williston, ND

	Yield		TW	Oil
Cultivar	2000	3 yr	2000	2000	3 yr
	- bus/a -		lb/b	-- % --
CDC Valour	24.7	21.4	53.7	40.6	38.5
AC Watson	25.9	21.2	54.8	40.8	38.7
CDC Normandy	25.0	20.6	54.3	34.0	35.8
CDC Bethume	25.7	20.5	54.0	41.9	39.6
Linott	24.1	20.4	54.6	41.0	39.5
Neche	23.2	20.3	54.2	41.2	39.7
CDC Arras	22.6	19.9	53.1	41.3	39.3
Norlin	23.1	19.8	54.3	40.5	38.3
Prompt	23.9	19.7	54.1	41.5	39.8
Omega	22.4	19.6	54.3	42.0	40.5
Bison	22.3	19.4	53.9	40.8	39.2
Flanders	24.6	19.0	54.5	41.4	39.4
AC Linora	22.6	18.9	53.7	40.8	39.4
NorMan	23.9	18.8	54.3	41.1	39.9
Linton	21.5	18.6	53.9	41.2	39.2
Rahab 94	21.5	18.6	54.2	41.5	39.3
Cathay	22.7	18.4	54.2	42.1	40.4
AC Emerson	22.1	18.3	54.0	39.8	38.3
Webster	21.3	18.2	54.0	41.4	40.0
McDuff	21.1	18.1	54.1	43.1	41.4
Pembina	20.9	17.9	53.6	41.7	39.6
McGregor	19.4	17.2	54.2	39.9	38.4
Flor	20.4	16.1	54.0	40.9	39.5
AC Carnduff	25.2	-----	54.4	40.9	-----
Shelby	19.8	-----	54.3	41.2	-----
LSD 5%	2.5	-----	0.9	0.5	-----
Plant: May 2 Harvest: August 18

Dryland Flax Ray & Arnegard, ND

	Ray Fallow				Arnegard Fallow
	Yield			TW	Yield		TW
Cultivar	2000		2 yr	2000	2000	2 yr 2000	2000
	----bu/a----			lbs/bu	----bu/a----		lbs/bu
Neche	36.9		-----	54.2	20.6	20.9	53.0
Pembina	34.0		-----	53.4	17.8	19.5	52.6
Cathay	36.9		-----	53.5	18.9	19.6	52.6
Omega	30.0		-----	53.4	13.5	16.0	52.5