Trial Plot Photos and Preliminary Evaluations

Photos of the trial plots taken in early July

Flickr Link - Trial Plot Photos in Early July

Photos of the trial plots taken in mid-August

Flickr Link - Trial Plot Photos in Mid-August

Preliminary evaluation of trial plots in mid September

Google Drive PDF Link - Preliminary Evaluation of Trial Plots 

Photos of the trial plots taken in late September

Flickr Link - Trial Plot Photos in late September

Some highlights:

Trial Plots in July

Trial Plots in August

Gartons108 barley. AGG Accession No. 400872 (UK). Garton, probably 1940s 27 Sept 2015

Purple Straw AUS883, 27 Sept 2015

Black Emmer GEN07, 27 Sept 2015

Purple Nepal barley 401797, 27 Sept 2015

Scot's Bere barley 413276 (Scotland) 27 Sept 2015

Altgold 36253 (Switzerland) 1952 landrace, an exceptional spelt variety! 27 Sept 2015

Federation (bred by William Farrer 1901/02) GEN05(1), 27 Sept 2015

Running list of varieties grown in trial plots

Variety Name / Accession No.

• Weisser Grannenspelz 25447 (Ger)
• Baulander Spelz 25460 (Ger)
• Schwarzer Bartspelz 25448 (Ger)
• Hoh. Weisser Kolben spelt 25461 (Ger)
• Einkorn 3699 (Ger)
• Einkorn (H.J.H.) 3705 (Ger)
• Emmer 3745 (Ger)
• Einkorn 95051 (Ger)
• Emmer 11436 (USA)
• Black Winter Emmer (T. Timopheevii) 1957 (Unk)
• Vernal Emmer 3728 (USA)
• Yaroslav Emmer 3744 (Rus)
• Emmer5 (ancestral Durum) 3747 (Unk)
• Emmer1 (ancestral Macha) 11437 (Ger)
• Kamut Bloomfield 34035 (Aus)
• Kamut Carter 34036 (Aus)
• Dandan-I-Shutur 7810 (Afg)
• Gandum-I-Shutur 13538 (Afg)
• Egyptian Khorasan AUS 14210 (Egypt)
• T. Orientale var. Insigne 3812 (Unk)
• T. Orientale var. Notabile 3813 (Unk)
• Misri-Bugdaj 15198 (Sov. Un.)
• T. Polonicum 3814 (Pol)
• Hourani 8869 (Jordan) 2000 years old
• T. Spelta 15830 (Hun)
• T. Spelta 23344 (Switz)
• T. Spelta 33886 (Spain)
• White beardless spelt 3843 (Fra)
• T. Spelta var. Albispicatum 17966 (Sov. Un.)
• T. Spelta var. Vulpinum Alef. 25453 (Czech)
• T. Spelta var. Duhamelianum Mazz. 25454 (Rom)
• Blauer Samtiger Spelz 25449 (Ger)
• Blue Wheat (spelt) 1971 (USA)
• Steiners Roter Tiroler (spelz) 25462 (Ger)
• Du Toits 2310. In 1880/81 Richard Schomburgk, Adelaide, imported Du Toit's (otherwise known as Early Baart) from South Africa.
• Ward's Prolific 1630 (1881-1885) Selection from Du Toit's by James Ward, a farmer of Nelshaby, near Port Pirie, S.A.
• Steinwedel 1311 Selection found in a field of Champlain’s Hybrid in the dry year 1884 by German farmer Steinwedel at Dalkey S.A.
• Marshall's No. 3 2973 Selection from Ward’s Prolific by R.Marshall, farmer, Wasleys, S.A. in 1890; probably a natural cross between Ward’s Prolific and Purple Straw.
• Gluyas 2502 (Selection from Ward’s Prolific in 1894 by J.I. Gluyas, Port Germein, S.A.) Colonial wheat var.
• Gluyas Early 172 (as per Gluyas) Colonial wheat var. Bred 1894.
• Federation GEN05 (non-AGG) (Farrer 1901/02); grown at Wagga Experimental Farm.
• Yandilla King 3555. Bred by Marshall (1907). Derived from a cross between his Silver King and Farrer's Yandilla (1904) and was a 'half-sister' to Farrer's Federation.
• Marshall's Golden Return 515  (Marshall, 1910). Breeding: Yandilla King (1907) X Comeback (Farrer 1905) 
• Gabo (Waterhouse 1945) Breeding: 'Bobin Selection W39' (actually a sample of Gular?) X Gaza
• Oberkulmer Rotkorn spelt 25459 (Switz)
• Altgold spelt 36253 (Switz) 1952 landrace.
• Sirino spelt 36357 (Switz)
• Komehadaka barley 407274 (Jap) Water-logging tolerant. Old var. From Nara, Kagoshima, 1913, 1928,1964. 
• Michalovicky Nahy 490547 (Czech) Landrace. 1914
• Skinless barley 401961 (UK) Pre-1768 UK, probable intro. First Fleet, Aus.
• Bald Skinless barley 400363 (UK)
• Black Skinless barley 400452 (UK)
• Chevalier barley 400603 (UK). John Andrews 1820, and Rev. Chevallier 1824-26.
• Kinver Chevalier barley 401214 (UK). Webb, c. 1874. Selection from Chevalier.
• Priors Chevalier barley 401787 (Aus). Selection from Chevalier by Sam Prior, a farmer of Brighton, S.A., 1903
• Standwell barley 401996 (UK). Garton, 1898.
• Cape barley 400553 (UK). Australia since c. 1804. Hordeum vulgare L. Var. Pallidum
• Nepal (or Nepaul) barley 401529 (Unk). Popular in cultivation in 1920s-60s. Hordeum vulgare L. Var. Trifurcatum
• Purple Nepal barley 401797 (Unk). Possibly from Poland? Landrace coll. 1991?
• Nacte von Nepal 406426 (Unk). Possibly German selection?
• Nepal5 408051 (Nepal). Collected east of Budhi Gandaki, Nepal.
• Kagbeni3 495071 (Nepal/Jap). Net Blotch Standard, coll. 1953 from Nepal, by Dr. S. Nakao, Osaka Uni.
• Gartons108 400872 (UK). Garton, probably 1940s-ish.
• Gartons Regenerated Malster 400873 (UK). Garton, 1903, 1919, 1937...
• Cape barley GEN23362 (non-AGG) Naracoorte, S.A.  Hordeum vulgare L. Var. Pallidum
• Mansankwamaek 407650 (Korean LR)
• Australian Black Barley GEN01 (non-AGG) heirloom variety from Jandowae, Qld.
• 2-Row Australian Malting Barley GEN02 (non-AGG) heirloom var. from NSW 
• Modern Australian Feed Barley GEN03 (non-AGG) 
• Australian Spelt GEN04 (non-AGG)
• Federation (Farrer 1901/02); grown at Wagga Experimental Farm. GEN05(1) (non-AGG)
• White Emmer GEN06 (non-AGG) Heirloom var. From Victoria
• Black Emmer GEN07 (non-AGG) Heirloom var. From Victoria
• Khorasan GEN08 (non-AGG) Sourced from Tasmania.
• Mochimugi 407302 (Japan LR)
• Mihori Hadaka3 407362 (Japan LR)
• Andong Naked 407276
• Lavovii 406940 (Russian black barley)
• Scot's Bere barley 413276 (Scotland)
• Bere 413275
• Bere 413274
• Improved Fife GEN09 (non-AGG) 
• Purple Straw AUS883
• Organic Purple Wheat GEN10 (non-AGG)
• Einkorn GEN11 (non-AGG) ex-Ger.