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found generally in the hard red wheats. Examples are 

 Turkey, Kharkov, and Fife in our Great Plains and 

 central Canada, and Krimka, Ghirka Winter, and Russian 

 in southern and eastern Russia. (4) The very highest 

 gluten content is possessed by light amber wheats of 

 the durum group. Examples are Kubanka in our northern 

 Great Plains ; Beloturka, Gharnovka, and others in east- 

 ern and southern Russia ; Medeah, Berberisco, and others 

 in the Mediterranean region; Sari in Turkestan, and 

 Kathia White, Jalalia, and Bansi in India. (5) There 

 is also a group of red-kerneled durum wheats, many if 

 not all of which are highly glutinous. Examples are Vel- 

 vet Don in the Great Plains and southern Russia ; Kathia 

 Red, Ekdania Red, Bangasia and Lai Potia in India, and 

 Bigha in Asiatic Turkey. (6) Macaroni-making qualities 

 exist particularly in such varieties as Saragolla and Tri- 

 menia of Italy, Pelissier and Medeah in Algeria, the 

 durum wheats of the Azov Sea district, and the Poulard 

 and Polish wheats of southern Europe. 



75. Resisting wheats. (7) Stiffness of straw, pre- 

 venting lodging, exists in einkorn, and in the spelts and 

 emmers of the Balkan district, east Russia, and this 

 country; in the dwarf wheats of Japan and China; in 

 the round-kerneled dwarf wheats of the Punjab in India, 

 and in the club wheats of Turkestan and the Pacific 

 and Western Intermountain districts of this country. 

 (8) Rust-resistance is found in certain durum varieties, 

 especially lumillo of Italy ; in the poulards, emmers, and 

 einkorns of the districts bordering the Mediterranean and 

 Black Seas, and the emmers of India, particularly the 

 variety Khapli; in the hard winter wheats of southern 

 Russia ; and in certain blue black-chaff wheats of western 

 Asia and India, such as Persian Black. (9) Resistance 



