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M. A. Cai'leton, of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. They were sown 

 on rather light sandy soil and, the weather being dry, they failed to come 

 up until just before winter set in. Some of the kinds passed the winter 

 well, but others were badly winter-killed. In hardiness the varieties 

 stood in the following order, judging by the number of plants that 

 remained at harvest time: 3, 4, 2, 7, 8, G, 5, 1, 9, 10. The first three of 

 these were but little injured, the next two were about half killed, and Of 

 the remaining varieties there survived of each only a few scattering 

 plants. The varieties were as follows: 



1. De Tiesse. Winter-killed. 



2. Erimsh. From Karkov. Straw rather short; heads bearded, of fair 

 length and well filled; chaff mostly white; grain of about average size 

 and shape, hard, dull red; hardy. 



3. Gray Winter. From Gradno. Straw long, abundant, erect; heads 

 bearded, large and long, many reaching six inches and over in length 

 without the beards; chaff light brown; grain red, rather soft; hardy. 



4. Red Bearded. From Karkov. Straw coarse; heads bearded, rather 

 slender; grain hard, deep red, somewhat shrunken. Heads well filled, 

 numbering as high as 80 grains. Hardy. 



5. Chernokoloslai. Winter-killed. 



6. Arnmitka. Winter-killed. This is a bearded, red, hard, spring 

 wheat. It was formerly introduced from Russia about thirty years ago 

 and gave promise of being a valuable variety, but for some unknown 

 reason has been but little grown. 



7. Barnatka. From Poltava. Badly winter-killed. Straw rather short 

 and coarse; heads bearded, of medium length; grain red. 



8. Eajavka. Badly winter-killed. Straw coarse; heads bald, of good 

 length; grain red, badly shrunken. 



9. Kubanka. Winter-killed. See description below among the wheats 

 from Grermany. 



10. Belotourka. Winter-killed. This appears to be a spring variety. 

 It was gown and described by the N. Y. (Geneva) Station in 1888. 



3. WHEATS FROM GERMANY. 



The following varieties, from Haage and Schmidt, Erfurt, Germany, 

 were received and sown in the fall of 1895. All were purchased for fall 

 wheats, numbers 1, 2 and 6 being Russian, the others German varieties. 

 All were sown Sept. 16 on tenth acre plots, except the last, which was 

 sown on the 14th on about one-eighth of an acre. The soil was rather 

 heavv loam. Following are the yields: 



The first column in the above table shows very well by the variation in 

 the total yield the comparative injury to each variety by winter-killing, 



