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A researcher examines wheat crops at the Canada Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa, ca 1920s. Source: Library and Archives Canada, PA-043198
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Seed Plot Marker

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Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Mar 8, 2016
Sometimes scientific inquiry depends on simple tools. For Charles Saunders, this oak seed-plot marker helped advance his research on Marquis wheat in the early twentieth century. Saunders was a meticulous cereals scientist at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa between 1903 and 1922. He used the 4-foot marker, with its 96 pointed dowels, to make neatly spaced rows of wheat and other crops. The result was a uniform research plot that allowed Saunders to closely examine the growing plants and
Saunders and Marquis wheat
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Charles Saunders, 1867–1937

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Apr 28, 2015
What do a classical musician and your morning bowl of cereal have in common? While Charles Saunders’ first love was music, he gained renown as the developer of Marquis wheat. Charles Saunders abandoned a music career for work as a government plant scientist, a change that paid dividends to Canadian farmers. Charles was the fifth child in a talented musical and scientific family. His father, William Saunders, was a renowned horticulturist and a founding director of the Central Experimental Farm

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