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No. 13. Pacific Bluestem, an Australian variety, 

 somehow misnamed "bluestem," is the leading soft 

 white spring wheat of the Pacific area. 



No. 14. Dicklow, a soft spring wheat cultivated 

 under irrigation in Idaho and elsewhere, produces a 

 remarkably large head. It was originated by a Utah 

 farmer, Dick Low, through selection from variants of 

 a California Club Wheat. 



No. 15. Marquis Wheat originated in Canada, by 

 selection from hybrids of a hard, red wheat from Cal- 

 cutta, India, and Red Fife Wheat. It is the leading, 

 hard, red, spring wheat of the Northern Great Plains 

 area. 



No. 16. Red Fife Wheat is one of the principal 

 hard spring wheats of the Great Plains Region. It 

 originated in Canada among a few plants, from a 

 sample winter wheat from Russia. It now represents 

 a parent stem from which many varieties of northern 

 wheats have been derived. 



No. 17. Kitchener Wheat is another hard, spring 

 wheat of the Red Fife type from the plains of the 

 Canadian northwest. 



The varieties of common wheat are very numerous. 

 According to a survey by the Department of Agricul- 

 ture over two hundred, well defined kinds are recog- 

 nized in the United States. There are bearded and 

 smooth wheats, hard and soft, red and white, spring 

 and winter, etc. Of the common wheats shown in the 

 illustration (Nos. 11 to 17) Turkey Wheat is the only 

 bristly, bearded, or awned form, the others are almost 

 awnless or entirely beardless. The well-known divi- 

 sion of wheats into spring and winter wheats has 

 reference to their resistance to cold, but also to ability 

 to mature their seed in a single, short growing season. 

 The grasses from which the cereals are derived are 



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