Spring Linseed Varieties

OSCAR

Oscar is a conventional, brown-seeded linseed variety. It is a large seeded variety with short, stiff straw and medium maturity.


WINDERMERE

Windermere is a yellow seeded, edible Linseed with good standing ability and medium maturity. The seeds can be used for crushing as Linola or for use in the human consumption market as Lindiat.


THIRLMERE

A very high yielding, yellow seeded, edible linseed with agronomic features similar to Windermere


YIELD
Gross Output (seed yield adjusted for oil content)
Oscar 93
Windermere 96
Thirlmere 103
Source: 2007 HGCA Descriptive List

SEED QUALITY
Oscar Windermere Thirlmere
% Oil content 38.9 41.4 42.0
Source: 2007 HGCA Descriptive List
AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS
Oscar Windermere Thirlmere
Standing ability 6 7 7
Shortness of stem 7 6 6
Earliness of flowering 8 2 3
Earliness of maturity 5 4 4
Source: 2007 HGCA Descriptive List

The full HGCA Recommended List Database can be consulted at www.hgca.com

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