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Varieties of Cereal and Oilseed Crops for Alberta: Flax Crop Performance Table

 
 
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Variety
Area (see map)
Overall
Average
Comp.
Mat.
days
Ht.
cm
Seed 
Size>
Lodge**
1
2
3
4
5&6
Irr
Yield as % of CDC Bethune 
CDC Bethune
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
0
58
M
G
CDC Arras 
98
94
XX
86*
92
94*
94
0
61
L
F
CDC Normandy 
89
90
XX
93
100
95
95
-1
58
M
F
CDC Sorrel
98
105*
112
90
107
115*
103
1
61
L
G 
Flanders 
102
99
XX
98
100
99
100
2
57
S
G
Hanley
94
111
87
95
95
101*
97
0
53
M
G 
Macbeth
XX
XX
XX
93
92
XX
91
1
52
M
G 
NorLin 
89
98
100
92
98
92
95
-2
58
M
G
Prairie Grande
87*
XX
97
94
109
96*
99
-3
53
M
G
Prairie Thunder
XX
XX
88*
91*
109
XX
99
-3
53
M
G
Taurus
98*
103
XX
92
98
96*
98
0
53
M 
G

Remarks: Flax is daylight sensitive and maturity will vary by the zone it is grown in.
All flax are resistant to rust. * Limited data - three station years.
>Seed size - S=small M=medium, L=large
**Lodge. - G=good, F=fair
* limited data

 
 
 
 

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 Varieties of Cereal and Oilseed Crops for Alberta: Other Cereal Crop Performance Tables
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This information published to the web on February 25, 2009.