The Rural Voice, 1981-07, Page 3from
Stewart Seeds
FAVOR WINTER WHEAT
Licensed for 1981 Seeding
Now there's a winter wheat that's right
for the 2300-2900 heat unit zone of
Ontario. If you normally grow winter
wheat then you should grow new
FAVOR...from Stewart Seeds.
Results of 3 years of extensive testing
in the 1978-80 Ontario Winter Wheat
Co-operative Tests, show FAVOR
outyields Fredrick by 5.35 bu/ac in the
Westem and Central regions of Ontario
and by 2.53 bu/ac in the Eastem region.
Convert the FAVOR yield advantage.
Take winter wheat at $4.50/bu and you
end up with extra income of over
$24/acre in the Western and Central
regions and over $11 /acre in Eastern
Ontario. Reason enough to favour FAVOR.
Ontario Winter Wheat
Co-operative Tests
1978-80 (33 tests)
Average
Yield Tonnes/Hectare'
(Number
AREA 1
AREA 11
AREA 111
of tests)
(13)
(16)
(4)
FAVOR
5.08
9.71
5.21
Fredrick
5.33
4.35
5.04
'1 t/ha=8931b/ac
4.71 t/ha=70.1 bu/ac
AREA I—Southern Ontario Counties
AREA II—West and Central Ontario Counties
AREA III—Eastern Ontario Counties
Bred for the 2300-2900 Heat
Unit Zone of Ontario
Where Winter Wheat is
Normally Grown
• Soft, white grain with excellent milling
and baking quality
• Medium strong, medium short straw
• Medium maturity
• Moderately resistant to lodging
• Good winter survival
• Moderately resistant to mildew...
moderately susceptible to leaf rust
• Medium test weight, not
recommended on light droughty soils.
If you're growing winter wheat in the
golden 2300-2900 H.U. zone, contact
your Stewart Seeds dealer...find out all
about new FAVOR WINTER WHEAT...
and order your certified FAVOR for
seeding this fall now as seed supplies
are limited.
For the name of the nearest
Stewart Seeds Dealer in the
519 phone area, call, toll free
1-800-265-4258. From other
, call collect
1-519-293-3211.
OUT OF RESEARCH Stewart LEADERSHIP,
Stewart Seeds
Ailsa Craig, Ontario NOM 1A0