22 WHEAT 



THE BEST VARIETIES TO PLANT 



A large number of varieties of winter wheat 

 have been tested at the Kansas experiment station 

 during the past ten years. Among the better 

 producing varieties as shown by these trials are 

 Kharkof, Crimean, Turkey Red, Malakoff, 

 Ghirka, Theiss, Weisenberg, Defiance, Bearded 

 (winter) Fife, Fultz, Fulcaster, Mediterranean, 

 Currell and Zimmerman. 



It is important to observe that of the varieties 

 named, the Ghirka is the only hard red wheat 

 with bald or beardless heads which has proved 

 to be a good producer. The last five varieties 

 named are of the soft wheat type; the Fultz, 

 Fulcaster, and Mediterranean are bearded, the 

 other two are beardless. The first nine varieties 

 named are the hard red wheat, and all of these but 

 the Ghirka are of the bearded Turkey type gen- 

 erally grown in Kansas and throughout the 

 western winter wheat belt. The adaptation of 

 varieties varies for different conditions of soil 

 and climate. The reader is referred to his state 

 experiment station for information regarding 

 best producing varieties for a particular state or 

 locality. 



TYPES OF SPRING WHEAT 



The more important types of spring wheat are the 

 Fife, Bluestem, Velvet Chaff, Durum and Club 

 Head. There are a number of minor varieties 

 of each of these types. Fife is a beardless, smooth 

 chaff, hard wheat. There are both red and white 



