SPELT OR DINKEL 333 



Ear beardless ; glumes white, glabrous. 



T. Spelta, var. album, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 79 (1885). 

 T. Spelta, E., Metzger. Eur. Cer. 28, t. vi, B. (1824) ; Landtc. Pfl. 95 (1841). 

 T. vulgare album, Alef. Landtc. Fl. 335 (1866). 

 T. Spelta, L., Krause. Getr. Heft iv. 15, t. 6, A. (1836). 

 One of the varieties most frequently grown and often found mixed with the 

 red-glumed var. Duhamelianum. 



The following are common forms of this variety : 



1. Beardless White Winter Spelt (i, Fig. 212). A form widely cultivated 

 in South Germany and also met with in Switzerland and Southern France. 

 It requires a warm loam for the best yields. 



Young shoots, prostrate with narrow leaves. 



Straw, reddish, tall, 120-140 cm. (48-55 inches) high ; leaves glaucous. 

 Ear, narrowed towards the apex, pale yellow, very lax, 14-16 cm. long ; 

 spikelets narrow, 2-grained ; D-i6. 

 Empty glume (i, Fig. 208). 

 Grain, pale, brownish-red, mealy, narrow ; 7 mm. long, 3 mm. broad. 



2. Beardless White Spring Spelt. T. vulgare fringillarum of Alcfeld has 

 short pale ears 11-12 cm. long ; spikelets 19-20 ; 0-15. 



Grains, red, flinty, 8 mm. long, 3*2 mm. broad, 3 mm. thick. It ripens 10-12 

 days later than the winter form above. 



3. Schlegel Dinkel (3, Fig. 212). A less hardy form than (i). ripening 

 about a week earlier. It tillers well with straw about 100-1 10 cm. (40-44 inches) 

 high, and somewhat dense, pale yellow cars 10-14 cm - l n ' O- 20-22. The 

 spikelets arc broad, the grain reddish and mealy or semi-flinty, very long and 

 narrow (10 mm. long, 3-5 mm. broad). 



4. Vogeles Dinkel. A prolific winter form originally selected in 1836 by 

 A. Miinchcnmaicr, Hengenbcrg, in the Ncckar Valley, Germany. The straw is 

 tall and somewhat weak, 120-130 cm. (48-52 inches) high, ears 12-17 cm - I" 1 "-'. 

 of similar density to thow of Schlegel Dinkel (I) 20-22) ; spikelets short, 19-20, 

 8 mm. broad ; grain angular and red ; 7 mm. long, 3 mm. broad. 



Ear beardless ; glumes tchitr, pubescent. 



T. Spelta. var. recens, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 80 (1885). 

 Kornicke's type was obtained from an car of var. rulpinum. 

 Probably crossed with a velvet -chaffed variety of '/'. rulgare. 



Ear beardless ; glumes red, glabrous. 



T. Spelta, var. Duhamelianum. Korn. l/andb. d. Getr. i. 74 (1885). 



T. Duhamelianum, Max/.. Supra ale. .</>. d. frum. 55, t. iv, Fig. 2 (1807). 

 T. Spelta. F., Metzger. Eur. Cer. 2>. t. vi, H. (1824) ; /Mndu\ 1'fl. 97 (1841). 

 T. Spelta, L., Krause. Getr. Heft iv. 15. Taf. vi, B., C (1836). 

 T. rulgare rufum, Alef. Landn. /'/. 335 (1866). 



The most frequently cultivated variety, grown extensively in Switzerland 

 and South German v. 



