A PANICLE AND SPIKELET OF NAKED OATS 



Figure 14. The most desirable character possessed by the hull-less varieties of oats is 

 the mukiflorous spikelets (lower left-hand corner), -h-\,^°"l^ ^^ "^ed to rnake ^i^u^^^^^^ 

 varieties much more prolific, were it possible to transfer the character to th^m , ^"^^'^ 

 Lately hull-lessness and multiflorous spikelets are very closely co-elated or ^nked. and 

 thev never sesrecate separately in the second generation of crosses of naked by hulled oats. 

 S L'd'oatsif tlte'bla'k' sheep' of the family; it promises well but .s a ways short on^per^ 

 formance. Furthermore the grain does not keep long m storage ^^J,^fj,^^^^^j^ °^i,^^"^^^^^ 

 inhibit proper respiration. The panicle shown is of the variety known as Chinese Hull less. 



