SPELT OR DINKEL 333 



Ear beardless ; glumes white, glabrous. 



T. Spelta, var. album, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 79 (1885). 

 T. Spelta, E., Metzger. Eur. Cer. 28, t. vi, B. (1824) ; Landw. Pfl. 95 (1841). 

 T. vulgar e album, Alef. Landw. Fl. 335 (1866). 

 T. Spelta, L., Krause. Getr. Heft iv. 15, t. 6, A. (1836). 

 One of the varieties most frequently grown and often found mixed with the 

 red-glumed var. Duhamelianum. 



The following are common forms of this variety : 



1. Beardless White Winter Spelt (i, Fig. 212). A form widely cultivated 

 in South Germany and also met with in Switzerland and Southern France. 

 It requires a warm loam for the best yields. 



Young shoots, prostrate with narrow leaves. 



Straw, reddish, tall, 120-140 cm. (48-55 inches) high ; leaves glaucous. 

 Ear, narrowed towards the apex, pale yellow, very lax, 14-16 cm. long ; 

 spikelets narrow, 2-grained ; D = i6. 

 Empty glume (i, Fig. 208). 

 Grain, pale, brownish-red, mealy, narrow ; 7. mm. long, 3 mm. broad. 



2. Beardless White Spring Spelt. T. vulgare fringillarum of Alefeld has 

 short pale ears 11-12 cm. long ; spikelets 19-20 ; = 15. 



Grains, red, flinty, 8 mm. long, 3-2 mm. broad, 3 mm. thick. It ripens 10-12 

 days later than the winter form above. 



3. Schlegel Dinkel (3, Fig. 212). A less hardy form than (i), ripening 

 about a week earlier. It tillers well with straw about 100-1 10 cm. (40-44 inches) 

 high, and somewhat dense, pale yellow ears 10-14 cm. long ; . D =20-22. The 

 spikelets are broad, the grain reddish and mealy or semi-flinty, very long and 

 narrow (10 mm. long, 3-5 mm. broad). 



4. Vogeles Dinkel. A prolific winter form originally selected in 1836 by 

 A. Miinchenmaier, Hengenberg, in the Neckar Valley, Germany. The straw is 

 tall and somewhat weak, 120-130 cm. (48-52 inches) high, ears 12-17 cm. long, 

 of similar density to those of Schlegel Dinkel (D = 20-22) ; spikelets short, 19-20, 

 8 mm. broad ; grain angular and red ; 7 mm. long, 3 mm. broad. 



Ear beardless ; glumes white, pubescent. 



T. Spelta, var. recens, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i.,8o (1885). 

 Kornicke's type was obtained from an ear of var. vulpinum. 

 Probably crossed with a velvet-chaffed variety of T. vulgare. 



Ear beardless ; glumes red, glabrous. 



T. Spelta, var. Duhamelianum, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 74 (1885). 

 T. Duhamelianum, Mazz. Sopra ale. sp. d.frum. 55, t. iv, Fig. 2 (1807). 

 T. Spelta, F., Metzger. Eur. Cer. 29, t. vi, B. (1824) ; Landw. Pfl. 97 (1841). 

 T. Spelta, L., Krause. Getr. Heft iv. 15, Taf. vi, B., C. (1836). 

 T. vulgare rufum, Alef. Landw. Fl. 335 (1866). 



The most frequently cultivated variety, grown extensively in Switzerland 

 and South Germany. 



