Table 1. 1998 Performance of Full Season Maturity Group III Entries at Five Virginia Locations.
CHE=Chesapeake, ORG=Orange, PTR=Painter, SUF=Suffolk, WAR=Warsaw.

      1998 Yield 1998 5-Test Average 1997-1998 Avg Yield
Brand Variety Herb.
Resist.
CHE ORG PTR SUF WAR YIELD MAT LOD HT SQ ORG SUF WAR MEAN
BU/A BU/A DAY 1-5 IN 1-5 BU/A
S.States RT-3975 RR 51 30 44 76 21 *46.5 19-Sep 1.7 32 2.0 - - - -
S.States HT-381-STS NRR 57 32 46 74 22 46.4 19-Sep 1.8 30 2.2 36 56 37 45.1
Asgrow AG3601 RR 47 *34 43 *78 19 44.2 18-Sep 1.7 31 2.4 38 62 22 40.8
Asgrow AG3701 RR 50 32 44 69 22 43.5 18-Sep 1.7 30 2.0 39 58 26 42.6
Terra TS 387 NRR 60 30 44 60 23 43.3 17-Sep 1.5 27 2.3 33 59 39 47.0
Terra TS396RR RR 56 32 44 64 19 43.0 19-Sep 1.6 29 2.0 - - - -
Terra TS 415 NRR 55 25 *48 61 *25 42.8 19-Sep 2.0 30 2.6 32 62 40 47.8
Pioneer 93B81STS NRR 61 26 44 55 25 42.1 16-Sep 1.8 29 1.8 - - - -
S.States RT-386 RR 53 30 46 62 18 41.7 19-Sep 1.8 32 2.3 34 55 23 39.4
Hartz H3090RR RR 52 31 43 64 18 41.7 19-Sep 1.8 28 2.2 - - - -
Public Macon NRR 58 34 41 54 19 41.2 16-Sep 1.8 28 2.2 34 48 34 41.7
Pioneer 94B01RR RR 47 28 39 69 22 41.1 17-Sep 1.6 32 2.0 35 54 26 37.9
Public Maverick NRR *63 34 40 45 20 40.5 15-Sep 1.7 33 2.1 33 46 35 41.7
Public Iroquois NRR 58 33 44 44 22 40.2 13-Sep 1.6 28 2.5 37 40 36 41.3
Public Edison NRR 51 29 41 58 22 40.1 16-Sep 1.6 28 2.0 - - - -
Pioneer 9396RR RR 50 32 39 59 19 39.6 15-Sep 1.7 27 1.8 36 50 20 36.8
Pioneer 93B71RR RR 48 30 42 62 16 39.5 16-Sep 1.8 31 2.4 - - - -
Public Probst NRR 51 34 39 52 21 39.2 15-Sep 1.7 29 2.3 - - - -
S.States RT-3976 RR 52 31 35 55 18 38.3 16-Sep 1.5 30 2.0 - - - -
Public Croton 3.9 NRR 29 31 33 45 18 31.3 13-Sep 1.1 16 2.2 - - - -
  GRAND MEAN  53 31 42 60 20 41.2 17-Sep 1.7 29 2.1 35 53 30 40.9
  NRR MEAN  54 31 42 55 22 40.7 16-Sep 1.7 28 2.2
  RR MEAN  51 31 42 66 19 41.9 18-Sep 1.7 30 2.1
 CV  16 13 7 13 13 14.1 5 19.4 9 22.9
 LSD(.10)  9 4 3 8 3 3.5 - - - -

*Highest yielding variety in test.
Underlined numbers are not significantly different from the highest yeilding variety

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