WHEAT 73 



1. Principal varieties now grown : 



Currell Prolific Leap Prolific 



Early May Mediterranean 



Fultz Purple Straw 



Fulcaster Red May 



Georgia Red Red Prolific 



Harvest King Southern Bluestem 



2. Needs of the district : 



Rust-resistance Stiffness of straw 



Early maturity Weevil-resistance 



Resistance to late spring frosts 



66. Hard Spring wheat district. The hard spring 

 wheat area includes Minnesota, the eastern portions of 

 North Dakota and South Dakota, northern Wisconsin, 

 western Ontario, eastward about to the Albany River, 

 Manitoba, all but the extreme southwestern corner of 

 Saskatchewan, and northern and eastern Alberta. In this 

 district, because of the deep black soil and dry hot sum- 

 mers, there is grown the highest grade of common spring 

 wheat in the world, excepting the spring wheats of the 

 middle Volga district of Russia, which are very similar. 

 Two general types of wheat prevail, Fife and Velvet 

 Bluestem. Of each one there are several strains. In late 

 years a third type has appeared in considerable quantity, 

 called Preston in Canada, and S. D. Climax, Velvet Chaff, 

 and Minn. No. 188 south of the Canadian border. Still 

 more recently a new early-ripening hybrid, called Marquis, 

 has become well established in the northern portion of the 

 district. In the Canadian portion of the district Marquis 

 wheat appears adapted in general, in the north and east, 

 and Fife in the south and west. Another Canadian 

 hybrid, Prelude, is still earlier than Marquis, and there- 

 fore adapted to the most northern localities. 



The average annual production of this district is larger 



