112 WHEAT. 



Additional varieties of wheat which have been somewhat cultivated in this State. 



1. Velvet-chaff Bald (PI. XXVII, fig. 4). Chaff greenish brown and dotted, without beard or 

 awns. 



2. Wheatland Yellow (PI. XXVII, fig. 6). Chaff pale yellow, with short awns ; heads large 

 and berry large. 



3. Virginia Blue-straw (PI. XXVII, fig. 6). Chaff yellowish, without a beard; head small. 



4. Hume's White (PL XXVII, fig. 8). Heads rather long and slender ; chaff yellow. 



6. Bearded Baltic (PI. XXVII, fig. 7). Heads thick and heavy ; chaff yellowish brown, bearded ; 

 beards moderately long. 



6. Skinner's Club (PI. XXVII, fig. 9). Kernels clustered in whorls ; chaff greenish yellow, 

 bearded. 



7. Old Bearded Tuscany. Kernels clustered, and with long beards, greenish yellow ; heads 

 rather long. 



8. Pa/eiJe<i-cA<yf (PI. XXVII, fig. 11). Kernels thickly clustered ; chaff pale brown, beardless ; 

 heads rather long. 



9. Baltic Downy (PI. XXVII, fig. 13). Chaff brown, quite downy; heads long, beardless. 



10. Old Black Bald (PI. XXVII, fig. 14). Kernels irregularly clustered ; chaff brown, bearded. 



11. Poland White Bald (PI. XXVII, fig. 15). Berry irregularly clustered; chaff greenish 

 yellow, awned, or with shortish beards. 



12. New Velvet-chaff (PI. XXVII, fig. 17). Kernels very thickly clustered, bearded. 



13. Black Vdvet-Oiaff (PI. XXVIII, fig. 5). Kernels closely set and thick ; chaff very dark. 



14. Bald Baltic. Kernels thickly set in regular rows; chaff light brown; heads thick, heavy. 



15. Old White-Jlint (PI. XXVIII, fig. 10). Kernels clustered ; chaff yellow, beardless ; heads 

 rather short. 



16. Early Velvet-beard. Kernels clustered in whorls ; heads long and yellow. 



17. Italian Spring Wheat (PI. XXVIII, fig. 14). Kernels clustered, irregularly arranged upon 

 the spike; chaff greenish yellow, thickly bearded. 



18. Bearded Valparaiso. Kernels in rows, regularly arranged ; head short and thick, bearded. 



19. Washington Wheat (PI. XXIX). Heads very large and long ; chaff brown ; beards long ; 

 berry rather dark, but numerous, amounting to 70 or 80. 



20. Verplanck Wheat. Heads quite large and beautiful ; berry of the largest size. 



21. Club Wheat, Pennsylvania Wheat (PI. XXIX). Heads short; kernels in regular rows, 

 bearded. 



22. Spring Red-chaff (PI. XXIX). Kernels clustered ; heads long ; chaff reddish brown, 

 bearded. 



23. Spring WirUington Wheat (PI. XXIX). Kernels thickly set, but irregular and large ; chaff 

 jrellow, bearded. 



