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The Journal of Heredity 



DISTRIBUTION OF JONES' WINTER FIFE WHEAT 



Mr. Jones considered this the finest of his hard gluten varieties. More than half a million 

 acres were planted to this wheat in 1919, the year for which this map was made. Although 

 it is one of Mr. Jones' earlier introductions, dating from 1889, it is still an important and widely 

 grown variety. (Fig. 6.) 



Diamond Grit or Winter Saskatchewan 

 was also introduced in this year. In 

 Diamond Grit he believed that demand 

 for high gluten content was met, for he 

 wrote of it, "It is a worthy rival of the 

 hard spring wheat of the Northwest." 



In 1897, Early Red Rover and Jones 

 Longberry No. 1, both most promising 

 varieties, were listed. The latter was 

 the result of several years' experiments 

 in crossing this Longberry type. This 

 sturdy sort made a record of 543^2 bu. 

 per acre, sown Sept. 22, on light cob- 

 blestone land, and in plat, of 63}4 bu. 



Longberry Claw^son of 1899 was also 

 a result of composite crossing. It was 

 adapted to strong clay loam, and upon 

 such soil was inclined to club headed- 

 ness. Mr. Jones had many hybrids 

 having this form of head but owing to 

 limited demand for such, few were sent 

 to the trade. From examination of old 

 breeding stock I find none with less 

 than 60 grains to the spike in these 

 varieties with club square head. 



Jones' Early Red Chief of 1902 

 originated in the historic Seneca Indian 

 region and this sturdy red progeny was 

 named accordingly. Of it Mr. Jones 

 wrote "It is strong at all points." Sil- 

 ver Sheaf Longberry (a cross of No. 8, 

 Lancaster, and No. 91 Longberry), 

 was first listed in 1902. This has a 

 flinty grain almost as long as rye. 



A plat of Paris Prize of 1904 was 



grown on the exposition grounds at 

 St. Louis and attracted much atten- 

 tion. The spike of this wheat is 

 immense, as is that of Mammoth 

 Amber of the same year. Mr. Jones' 

 exhibit of 500 hybrid wheats at the 

 Pan American Exposition was awarded 

 the Gold Medal and his exhibit at St. 

 Louis won the Grand Prize. Mam- 

 moth Amber was one of the 43 cross- 

 bred wheats sent by Mr. Jones to 

 Paris Exposition, 1900, in charge of 

 the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 and awarded the Gold Medal. 



In 1906 Red Wave was introduced. 

 It has an unusually long spike some- 

 times measuring 5}^ to 6 inches. The 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture esti- 

 mates that over a million acres of 

 this variety were grown in 1919. (Fig. 

 5.) 



St. Louis Grand Prize of 1908 was a 

 progeny of a new Russian wheat cross- 

 bred with a seedling. It was thought 

 to be practically "fly proof" and was 

 called a rough and ready sort. 



The entire stock of Jones' Climax 

 and a new Club head was sold in 1914. 

 An observer said of the former variety 

 "A field of the Jones' Climax is about 

 as fascinating a sight as human eyes 

 can look upon." 



The above varieties comprise the 

 list of authorized introductions of the 

 Jones' wheats, with the exception of 



