Winter Cereal Seeds

Wheat.

Group 1

Solstice:

• Mainstay variety for both millers and growers.
• Medium to strong tillering.
• Relatively weak straw.
• Sometimes prone to mildew or brown rust.
• Not ideal as a 2nd wheat unless on a high input fertile site.

Gallant:

• Very high yielding.
• Early Maturing
• Good Hagberg & Specific weight.
• Short Straw.
• Performs best on fertile sights.

Group 2

Einstein:

• Very good 2nd wheat.
• Prefers low fertility sites.
• Robust disease profile.

Cordiale:

• Good 1st or 2nd wheat.
• Early Maturing.
• High Hagberg and Specific weight.
• Short stiff straw.
• Good premium potential with millers.

Panorama:

• Relatively new variety.
• Good 2nd wheat.
• Excellent resistance to yellow rust.
• Stronger tillering than Cordiale or Einstein.
• Better grain quality than Einstein.

Group 3

Claire

• A good consistent variety.
• Accepted by both UK and European millers.
• Only early driller in group 3.

Scout

• Soft milling wheat.
• Excellent quality, particularly Specific weight.
• Long straw but with excellent resistance to lodging.
• Slow autumn development.
• High resistance to both yellow and brown rust.

Zebedee:

• Performs well on heavy land.
• Requires accurate seed rates.
• Higher yielding than scout.

Group 4

Alchemy:

• A good variety for the South West
• High yields.
• Susceptible to brown rust.
• Good resistance to Septoria Tritici

Grafton:

• Good 2nd wheat.
• Relatively early mature
• Good Specific weight.
• Short stiff straw.

Oakley:

• Good on both light and heavy soils.
• Hard endosperm feeder.
• Good disease resistance except for Fusarium.
• Tallish but stiff straw.

JB Diego:

• Hard feed variety.
• High yielding
• Suits most soils.
• Good grain quality
• Tallish straw.
• Good disease profile.

Barley:

Carat:

• Competitive yielder.
• BYMV resistance.
• Excellent Specific weight.
• Stiff short straw.

Saffron:

• Very high yields.
• Good disease rating except for mildew.
• Taller straw than some varieties but stiff.
• Leading feed variety.

Sequel:

• Established six row variety.
• Agronomically sound.
• Does not yield as well as some two row varieties.

Pearl:

• Late maturity.
• Low yielding
• Maltsters favoured winter barley.

Cassata:

• Approved by the Institute of Brewers and Distillers.
• Good disease spectrum.
• BYMV Resistance.
• Good straw profile.
• Good malting variety.

Oats:

Gerald:

• Very popular with millers.
• Good straw profile.
• Good disease profile.

Mascani:

• Excellent grain characteristics.
• Good yield.
• Crown Rust resistance
• Good straw strength.

SW Dalguise:

• High Yielder
• Tall straw.
• Accepted by millers.