232 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BULLETINS. 



Mc Ghee's White. 



June 22, '86, — Heads from 2^ to 3 inches in length and loose. Thin on 

 the ground, from 3 to 4 stalks on a stool. Very little smut and no rust. 

 Straw 2^ to 4 feet high and quite strong. About as forward as White Aus- 

 tralian. 



June 23, '86. — Some rust on the leaves. A good many stalks are cut 

 down by "the fly." 



June 25, '86. — Does not look well. Heads long and slim but not compact. 

 Grain almost out of milk. 



June 30, '86. — Is ripening unevenly. No smut. 



July 1, '86. — Straw looks quite ripe. 



Diehl Mediterranemu 



June 22, '86. — Darker color than the White Australian and not quite so 

 forward. Heads about three inches long. Bearded. Straw long and strong, 

 about four feet in length over whole plat. No smut or rust. 3 to 6 stalks 

 to the stool. Thick on the ground. 



June 25, '86. — Wheat stands well and looks like the ''Treadwell." 



June 30, '86. — Ripening evenly and the kernel just beginning to harden. 



July 1, '86. — Full as far advanced as White Australian. Would do well 

 to cut now, being hard and plump. 



Wliite Australian t 



June 22. — Heads 2 to 3 inches in length. Heads quite compact and well 

 filled. Light green in color and turning yellow. Some smut but no rust. 

 Straw from 3 to 4 feet in length and strong. 3 to 6 stalks on each stool. 



June 25, '86. — Most of it still in the milk. 



July 1, '86. — Is out of milk. Will do to cut in two days if weather con- 

 tinues dry. Grain plump but not large berry. 



Wysor. 



June 30, '86. — Straw medium length. Heads of fair length but rather 

 loose. Eipening evenly. Is about as far advanced as Martin's Amber. 



July 1, '86. — Still in milk. Leaves nearly dead but the straw appears 

 green. 



July 6, '86. — Stiff dough state. Straw quite ripe. Will do to cut. 



Martin's Amber. \ 



June 22. — Green in color and not very forward. Beardless. Heads are 

 long and slender. Straw about 3^ feet in length. Some little smut but no 

 rust. Thin on the ground. 



July 1, '86. — This variety stools much more than the others. Heads quite 

 long. Grain not out of milk. 



Surprise. 



June 30, '86. — Poor generally. Our best soil straw is of fair length, with 

 compact heads. Is a few days earlier than Martin's Amber. 

 July 6, '86. — Straw quite ripe. Grain hard, chaff has a red tinge. 



