York Flax
Flax Yields (Bu/A) 1997 – 1999
|
Cultivar |
North Dakota *
|
Regional **
(ND,SD,Man,Sask) |
YORK |
21.5 |
23.8 |
|
Rahab 94 |
20.9 |
23.2 |
|
McGregor |
20.0 |
21.7 |
*North Dakota sites: Fargo,
Casselton, Carrington, Langdon, St. Thomas and Williston
**Regional: All above sites plus Brookings and Watertown, SD, Lamberton, MN,
Morden, Manitoba and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
YORK
flax was released
from the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station in 2002. Named after the town of York, ND in Benson
county, it is a flax variety that has been tested extensively in the Dakota’s,
Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
YORK, a full season maturing flax, is
similar to McGregor flax in days to flower, maturity and test weight. YORK has a slightly larger seed weight and
about a 0.5 percent greater oil content than McGregor. YORK has blue flowers and larger than
average brown seed size. YORK is
resistant to all known races of North American Flax rust and has good tolerance
to flax wilt.
In three years of trials, early plantings of YORK yielded
17 percent more than McGregor and in late plantings, YORK yielded 22 percent
more than McGregor. McGregor, developed
in Canada, is a check variety in regional flax trials.
|
Cultivar |
First Flower (days) |
Maturity (days) |
Height (cm) |
Lodging Score (0-9) |
Wilt (%) |
Seed Weight (gms/1000) |
Oil (%) |
|
YORK |
59 |
104 |
62 |
1.3 |
3.7 |
4.53 |
39.4 |
|
Rahab 94 |
58 |
99 |
63 |
1.0 |
4.4 |
4.77 |
40.8 |
|
McGregor |
60 |
102 |
66 |
1.3 |
3.7 |
4.42 |
39.0 |