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viu AO A muv IXUIU U* S. 13 in maturity. It silks about the same time, but usually carries - a little more moisture in the grain at harvest. It is quite resistant to stalk rot and to the leaf blights common in Virginia. The husks usually turn brown long before the plant is dead. Its leaves stay green well into the fall, which delays its drying, but probably improves its resistance to stalk rot during the fail- Standability 4s excellent and yields are high.
VPI 645 has been compared with U.S. 13 in 16 tests during the past two years, and has outyielded the older variety by a little more than five bushels per acre. In 23 tests, it has outyielded the newer U.S. 505 by more than four bushels per acre. Quality of grain ranges from excellent in western Virginia to fairly good in the costal plain, and is much superior in all cases to U.S. 13.
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