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IMPROVEMENT OF THE WHEAT CROP IN CALIFORNIA. 



selections of the best heads every year and sow them on the seed plat 

 as suggested. 



TWO NEW VARIETIES OF WHEAT ADAPTED TO CALIFORNIA 



CONDITIONS. 



Of the many new varieties of wheat tested for yield and nitrogen 

 content, the Chul (G. I. No. 2227) and the Fretes (G. I. No. 1596) have 

 proved superior to the White Australian and Club varieties grown 

 in the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys and are recommended 

 for trial by farmers. 



THE CHUL VARIETY. 

 Origin and History. 

 Chul wheat (fig. 8) was received by the Office of Seed and Plant 

 Introduction, December 1, 1902, from Dzhizak, a town about 100 



Fig. 8.— Chul wheat (G. I. No. 2227) growing at Modesto, Cal., in 1909. Yield to the acre, 53.3:! bushels. 



miles north of Samarkand, Turkestan. It was obtained through 

 the Samarkand representatives of Mr. H. W. Durrschmidt by Mr. 

 E. A. Bessey, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, August 30, 1902. 

 The following notes concerning it were secured by Mr. Bessey : 



Chul is grown on the steppes of Russia without irrigation. The grains are hard, 

 but it is not a durum wheat. This variety yields two harvests a year, for it can be 



a Bulletin 66, Bureau of Plant Industry, I". S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1903, p. 250. 

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