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Garnet performed well in agronomy and disease tests, but it wasn't known how well it would perform when milled into flour. Nevertheless, Garnet was distributed to producers for production in 1925. When the Grain Research Laboratory re-opened in 1927, it did a series of milling and baking tests on it. Based on these tests, the Grain Research Laboratory concluded that Garnet did not offer the same end-use quality as Marquis. Garnet's flour colour was not as white as Marquis, which meant that millers would need to bleach flour made from it. Garnet also posed other difficulties for processors, for example, the hardness of its kernels made it harder to mill without soaking them first.
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