A PANICLE OF 



Figure 15. The variety is Swedish 



ORDINARY HULLED OATS 



Select, one of the better commercial strains of oats. 

 Note that only two grains normally develop on a spikelet, whereas in naked oats from four 

 to twelve grains are found. Nevertheless the yield of this variety is much greater than that 

 of the best varieties of naked oats. Naked oats are supposed to be native to Central Asia. 

 They were introduced into England as early as the sixteenth century, and were called "peel- 

 corn" or "skinless oats." They were known in this country early in the nineteenth century, 

 but were not exploited as a superior "novelty" unt'l 1870. At the time of the "Bohemian 

 oats" scandal, seed sold for as much as fifty cents a pound. 



