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Arizona are included in this district. As in the case of 

 wheats, the conditions and varietal adaptation are similar 

 to those of Australia, the Mediterranean region, and Tur- 

 kestan. Semi-winter oats do better than spring oats or 

 true winter oats. Rustproof, Algerian, and other varie- 

 ties of the red oats are admirably adapted, and improve 

 in appearance greatly on transfer to this district. No 

 good Australian or Turkestan varieties have been intro- 

 duced, but such would no doubt give good results. Varie- 

 ties from Abyssinia also should be well adapted. 



Varieties now grown or adapted : 

 Asia Minor Rustproof Burt 



Algerian Red Rustproof 



Needs of the district : 

 Semi-winter varieties 

 Further introductions of Mediterranean and Oriental varieties 



105. Distribution in other countries. (1) Side oats 

 are grown in Siberia and other northern and highland 

 regions of Asia, and in Russia and Hungary. (2) Large 

 white-kerneled oats occur in northern and central Europe. 

 (3) Black spreading oats are found in Finland, France, 

 Germany, and the British Islands. (4) Gray and brown- 

 kerneled oats, many of them winter varieties, are grown 

 in southern Europe and Scotland (one variety Dun). 



(5) Yellow oats are scattered indefinitely through central \ 

 Europe, one variety (Danish Island) in Denmark. 



(6) Red oats belong preeminently and originally in the 

 Mediterranean region. (7) Hulless oats come from the 

 highlands of Tibet, northern India, Turkestan, and Mon- 

 golia, and from northern and western China. (8) Hairy 

 or sand oats occur in the region from Spain and Portugal 

 to Great Britain in the Orkney and Shetland Islands, and 



