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Marshall's No. 8. Grain large and long, translucent, yellow, hard to 

 thresh and of medium density. 



Gypsum (Blount's No. 38). Straw rather coarse and weak; head bald, 

 medium long, compact, erect; chaff white; grain white, short, plump 

 (Oregon). 



Ward's Prolific. Grain rather small, hard, translucent, threshing hard. 

 Plant resistant to rust. 



White Lammas. Apparently an old English variety with long, loose, 

 beardless heads. 



French Early White. Character unknown. 



HornUende (Blount's No. 37). Straw fine, soft and weak; heads small, 

 loose and pointed; grain small, short, white and flinty, threshing easily. 



Indian B. Grain of medium size, white and soft. 



Fultz. Of Pennsylvania origin. Straw small but stiff; head bald; chaff 

 white; berry red, rather small, plump and hard. 



Only about 100 seeds of each of the ten cross-bred varieties were 

 received. These were sown September 10 on rather heavy loamy soil, in 

 rows sixteen inches apart, one seed to every six inches in the row. The 

 weather was dry and the plants made a rather small autumn growth 

 and all the kinds were badly injured by the following winter, although 

 protected by a light covering of corn stalks. Some of the varieties were 

 injured more than others, the following being their arrangement in the 

 order of hardiness, judging by the bulk of straw produced by each kind 

 the next season: 8, 5, 7, 2, 1, 4, 6, 10, 3, 9. The last four were very 

 severely injured, No. 9 being entirely killed out. The general appearance 

 of the varieties while growing was much alike. All the heads were 

 beardless, of good length, but not very compact, and with the chaff more 

 or less tinged with brown. Some minor distinctions could be noted but 

 they were not sufficient to justify full and independent descriptions until 

 the varieties have been longer cultivated and larger quantities secured. 

 There was moreover in some cases a variation in the appearance of the 

 heads belonging to a single sample or variety. The grain from all the 

 samples was more or less shrunken, and darker in color than the seeds 

 sown. There were greater differences apparent in the grain from the 

 different numbers than was noted in the straw and heads, quite sufficient 

 in some cases to indicate distinct varieties. There was considerable 

 variation in the shape of the kernels, and in some cases sufficient differ- 

 ences in color so that some of the varieties would be classed as white 

 wheat and others as red. The kinds selected for further trial, and which 

 were sown in the fall of 1896, were numbers 1, 2, 4, 7, 8. 



No. 1. Kernels short and red, considerably shrunken. 



No. 2. Kernels red, of average shape and size, mostly well filled. 



No. 4 Kernels dark red, of average shape and size, badly shrunken. 



No. 7. Kernels rather small, short and plump, light to dark red. A 

 second type, with much larger kernels was also planted. 



No. 8. Kernels white or nearly so, of about average size and shape, 

 only slightly shrunken. A second type, having red kernels, was planted 

 also. 



2. RUSSIAN WHEATS. 



Seeds of the following ten varietieswhich had been imported from Rus- 

 sia were received late in the autumn of 1895 by Dr. R. C. Kedzie from Mr. 



