Flax Variety Descriptions

 

Variety1

 

Origin

Year

Released

Relative

Maturity

Seed

Color

Plant

Height

 

Wilt

Relative Yield

CDC Arras

Can.

1999

mid

brown

medium

MR

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

good

AC Linora

Can.

1993

late

brown

tall

R

v good

Linton

ND

1985

early

brown

medium

R

v good

McDuff

Can.

1993

late

brown

m tall

R

v good

Neche

ND

1988

mid

brown

medium

R

good

Nekoma

ND

2002

late

brown

medium

MR

v good

CDC Normandy

Can.

1995

mid

brown

short

MR

v good

Omega

ND

1989

mid

yellow

medium

MS

good

Pembina

ND

1998

mid

brown

medium

MR

good

Prompt

SD

1988

early

brown

medium

MR

good

Shelby

SD

2000

late

brown

tall

MR

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

good

York

ND

2002

late

brown

medium

R

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

2002

3 yr

2002

2002

3 yr

 

- bus/a -

lb/b

-- % --

CDC Bethune

15.5

24.2

53.2

43.1

41.5

AC Watson

15.5

22.8

52.7

42.2

40.6

AC Carnduff

14.2

22.5

53.3

42.7

41.1

Nekoma

16.4

22.5

53.9

43.4

41.3

Flanders

14.3

22.1

51.9

43.0

41.2

Neche

16.3

22.1

54.1

42.1

40.9

Rahab 94

15.4

22.1

52.8

44.2

41.8

Cathay

14.1

21.7

52.7

42.3

41.6

Linora

14.4

21.7

52.0

42.7

41.0

York

14.1

21.6

53.6

42.3

40.3

Linott

13.3

21.5

52.8

43.3

41.2

Prompt

13.9

21.5

52.4

43.1

41.4

Shelby

15.6

21.5

54.1

43.5

41.4

Norlin

13.8

21.4

53.0

42.2

40.4

CDC Normandy

13.6

21.2

52.7

41.2

37.8

Webster

15.4

21.1

53.5

43.6

41.6

McDuff

13.7

21.0

53.0

42.7

42.4

AC Emerson

13.2

20.8

53.0

45.6

41.4

CDC Arras

15.4

20.7

52.3

43.1

41.4

Pembina

15.1

20.7

52.9

43.1

41.3

Omega

10.1

20.0

51.7

43.0

41.7

Bison

15.8

19.9

53.3

42.3

40.5

McGregor

14.2

19.9

53.5

42.3

40.3

AC Hanley

13.5

--

53.9

40.5

--

  

 

 

 

 

 

LSD 5%

  2.4

--

  1.2

  0.6

--

Planted: May 21               Harvested: September 3 

             

 

 

Dryland Recrop Flax                           Williston, ND

 

 

Yield

TW

Oil

Cultivar

2002

3 yr

2002

2002

3 yr

 

- bus/a -

lb/b

-- % --

Neche

18.3

29.7

54.5

43.3

42.4

Pembina

17.6

26.5

53.6

44.4

43.3

Cathay

15.9

26.4

53.5

43.5

42.2

Omega

16.7

25.0

53.2

42.9

42.6

AC Carduff

17.5

--

54.1

43.1

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