Red Standard vs Little Joss

[franklin]

Since everyone else is doing it.

Here is this year's small plots. I got confused and thought I was doing a Cappelle vs Joss trial, but when I look back in my diary I found I had planted Red Standard and Little Joss. Standard on the left. Joss on the right. No sprays. As they are surounded by no crop, the Joss has taken a bit of a beating from the strong winds given their height. No fert and no PGR but both are about 4ft tall so far. Flag leaves are getting on for 25cm. Ears as usual are fairly small. No disease on the top leaves. In my several years of growing these small plots, they do tend to yellow at the base, but they grow so high and fast nothing seems to "jump" to the top leaves.

 

[Andy26]

How long ago where these grown commercially?

 

[franklin]

Red standard was the variety grown on the Broadbalk experiement from 1917 to around 1945.
Little Joss was the variety grown on Broadbalk in 1911 and 1912.

Depends what you mean commercially. As you can see from the plots, and from the Squareheads master I have grown on a larger scale, the wheat tends to be quite variable in height and certainly wouldnt meet modern requirments of uniformity.

 

[Jock]

Little Joss must have been around commercially for a long time then.
My Grandfather often used to tell of what a wonderful crop of little joss he grew that did 2t/acre at 700ft above sea level. He bought the farm in 1935 so it was either a very good variety that stood the test of time like Riband, Optic and Gerald or he was way behind the times if it was a varity from 1911.
Never grown wheat on this farm for 40 years now. Too high up and late in ripening with the new varieties.