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was distributed to other farmers. In 1871 this variety 

 took first premium at the Seneca County fair, and in 

 1874 seed was obtained and distributed by the United 

 States Department of Agriculture. Though judged in- 

 ferior by millers at times, this variety became a very 

 popular one. It must not be confused with Early Red 

 Clawson, a very distinct variety. White Clawson is an 

 awnless wheat, rather hardy, with soft white or light 

 amber kernels. Early Red Clawson, because of its earli- 

 ness, has taken the place of this variety to a great extent. 



209. Gold Coin wheat. A good variety of white 

 wheat, Gold Coin, was produced by selection by Ira W. 

 Green, at Avon, New York. While passing through a 

 field of Diehl Mediterranean, an awned red-kerneled 

 wheat, he found an awnless spike with white kernels. 

 He planted every kernel, and next year found that he 

 had spikes with very long awns, some with short awns, 

 and others with none at all. The kernels were also 

 mixed, some red and some medium, or yellowish white. 

 He desired an awnless wheat, as the awns interfered with 

 his success in wool growing, hence only the kernels from 

 the awnless spikes were again planted. From this as a 

 beginning, a practically new variety resulted, which he 

 called No. 6. It proved to be of considerable value for 

 certain localities, and is already well known. Forty-Fold 

 is probably the same wheat. There are strong indica- 

 tions that this new variety was the result of a natural 

 cross. 



210. Other American selections. One of the best of 

 the more recently produced varieties is the Rudy, which 

 was originated at Troy, Ohio, in 1871 by M. Rudy, 

 through a careful propagation of the seed from a superior 

 and distinct stool of wheat found in a large field. It is 



