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The next figure (Fig. 7), shows some of these hybrid wheats. 

 In the top row are shown the two parent varieties, Little Club and 

 Valley. On the left hand Little Club was used as the pollen parent ; 

 on the right hand Valley was the pollen parent; but the results in 

 both cases were the same. At the extreme left are shown three of 



WHEAT HYBRIDS— FROM WASHINGTON STATE EXPERIMENT STATION, 



PULLMAN, WASHINGTON. 



Figure 



a — Little Club, Male parent, 

 b — Valley, female parent, 

 a' a" a'"— Hybrids (a x b). 

 ci — C6 — First generation from 

 di — ds — First generation from 

 ei — 66 — First generation from 



A — Valley, male parent. 

 B — Little Club, female parent. 

 A',A", A'"— Hybrids (A X B). 

 Ci — Ce — First generation from A' 

 Di — De — First generation from A" 

 El — Es — First generation from A" 



the hybrids produced by using Little Club as the pollen parent. To 

 the right of each of these three is shown, in the left half of the 

 picture, the progeny of that particular plant. It will be seen that 

 part of them are long like the Valley, part short like the Club, and 



