202 THE SMALL GRAINS 



a semi-hard or soft reddish-kerneled wheat, awned and 

 with white chaff. It is widely grown in Ohio, Indiana, 

 and adjoining states. 



A number of the different varieties of Fife and Velvet 

 Bluestem of the spring wheat states were also produced 

 by simple selection. Wellman Fife is a good example. 

 In 1878 D. L. Wellman, of Frazee City, Minnesota, 

 received a sample package of Scotch Fife wheat from 

 the Saskatchewan Valley, in Manitoba. This was sown 

 the following spring and as a result it w r as found that the 

 seed was badly mixed. Removing all plants but those of 

 the true Fife, and propagating carefully from year to 

 year, Wellman gradually developed a pure strain of the 

 Fife, which became known as the Saskatchewan Fife. 

 From the crop of 1881 were selected some unusually 

 large heads, and from the seed of these as a beginning he 

 finally produced a rather distinct sort now known as 

 Wellman Fife. In a similar manner Power Fife, Haynes 

 Bluestem, and Bolton Bluestem have been produced by 

 the men whose names they bear. 



Early Pearl oat was selected by R. L. Copeland of 

 Brewer, Maine, from seed coming originally from a clump 

 of oats growing by the roadside. It is apparently a pure 

 line, has stiff medium-sized straw, and a long plump 

 kernel with a pearly tint to it. 



Currell Prolific wheat was selected by W. E. Currell 

 of Virginia, from a field of Fultz in 1881. The original 

 seed was from three spikes. In 1884 it was first sold for 

 seed. 



211. Pure-line selections at Svalof. Several of the 

 Svalof barleys have already been described. Others of 

 importance are : (1) Gold barley, a selection from Goth- 

 land barley of the nutans group; (2) Chevalier II., a 



