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Private Seed Wheat Varieties

RAVEN     Topped Many Farmer Plots!!!

• Super yield potential, tops in both plot and field production
• Superior defense package for disease
• Maturity is 3 days earlier than Hopewell
• Beardless, white chaffed variety, with excellent straw strength
• Overall, one of the best variety available
• Topped only by Dixie in Wensink's 2007 Plot
• 101.8 Bu/Acre in Wensink's 2006 Plot

MAVERICK     New for 2010

• Top notch standability and winter hardiness

• Excellent tolerance to Powdery Mildew

• Good Test Weight

• 1 day later than Raven

• Great eye appeal

• Beardless white chaffed variety of medium height

• Consistent top performer year in, year out

• Quantities are limited

VICTOR

• Beardless, white chaffed medium-tall height
• Medium maturity (same as Raven)
• Excellent winter hardiness and test weight
• Rated for top protection against Powdery Mildew
• Clean leaf under leaf rust pressure 2009
• Workhorse nature of this variety makes it successful in northern Ohio growing environments

BUCCANEER     New for 2010

• Big big yields!

• #1 variety in preliminary testing

• 1-2 days earlier than Dixie

• Bearded, white chaffed variety of medium height

• Excellent standability and winter hardiness

• Quantities are limited

STONEWALL

• Beardless, white chaffed medium-tall height
• Medium/ med. Late maturity
• Excellent winter hardiness and all-around disease package
• Very good test weight
• Clean leaf in presence of Wheat Spindle Streak Mosaic Virus
• Performs well over a large geographic area
• Top performer in Ohio!

DIXIE   

• Beardless, white chaffed variety, with excellent straw strength

• 1 day later than Hopewell

• Topped  OSU trials as experimental number in 2006

• Topped only by Raven in Wensink plots in 2006

• 102 Bu/Acre in Wensink's 2007 Plot

Public Seed Wheat Varieties

BRAVO

•  Excellent test weigh and yield potential
• A beardless, white-chaffed plant
• Closely resembles Freedom but much earlier and taller
• Very early heading cultivar averaging 5 days earlier than Hopewell and Freedom
• Good resistance to leaf rust
• Highly resistant to soil borne mosaic virus and wheat spindle mosaic virus
• Excellent resistance to powdery mildew

MALABAR     New for 2010

• Mid-Season, Beardless, Wheat

• Consistent yields with High test weight

• Excellent Disease Resistant Package

• Medium plant height, with good standability

• Awnless, white chaffed variety

• Outstanding tolerance with moderate resistance to Fusarium Head Blight

SUNBURST

• 2nd Highest Yielder In Our Plot!!
• Mid-Season, Beardless variety Wheat
• High test weight, with consistent yields
• Good disease resistance
• Yellow straw with medium plant height and excellent straw strength

HOPEWELL

• This variety has it all:
  • High yields
  • Diverse genetics
  • Disease tolerance
  • Excellent standability
  • Medium maturity
• Excellent straw strength, with medium/tall plant height
• Beardless and has a red chaff at maturity
• Excellent leaf rust resistance and standability
• Moderately resistant to Septoria nodorum

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