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resistance, and an average growing period. Heine Im- 

 proved Zeeland was bred by F. Heine continuously from 

 1868. It has a thin-hulled kernel, tillers much, yields 

 large in straw and grain ; winter resistance low. Selection 

 of this rye for green color gave origin to Hadmersleben 

 Kloster rye. Welkenhauser rye has been bred since 

 1894 by Von Kopen of Sost, from a spontaneous variation. 

 It is medium in yield of grain and straw, in height, tiller- 

 ing, and period of growth, and has high winter resistance. 

 Sagnitz rye was selected from the heaviest spikes of 

 Probsteier by Graf Berg at Sagnitz, Livland, Russia. 

 It has long kernels, tightly inclosed in the chaff. 



213. Australian selected wheats. Ward Prolific was 

 selected from a single rust-free plant in a badly rusted 

 crop of Du Toits wheat, by Mr. Ward, in South Australia, 

 in 1881. This wheat soon became the best known in all 

 Australia. It is fairly rust-resistant in that country, 

 very prolific, and is a parent of many of the best Aus- 

 tralian wheats. Marshall No. 3 was selected from Ward 

 Prolific by Richard Marshall of South Australia. It is 

 fairly rust-resistant in Australia, fairly prolific, and does 

 best in cool districts. Steinwedel, named after a farmer 

 in Balaklava, South Australia, who originated it, is the 

 most extensively cultivated variety in that state. It is 

 very prolific and drought-resistant, but shatters some- 

 what. Le Huguenot was selected by Joseph Correll 

 from a single plant, with awnless spikes, in a field of 

 Medeah wheat, at Arthur River, West Australia. It 

 was apparently the result of a natural cross. It is par- 

 ticularly valuable as a hay wheat. Dart Imperial was 

 selected by Thomas Dart in South Australia. It is of the 

 Purple Straw group, but later in ripening than the others 

 of that group. It is rust-liable, but stands drought and 



