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CHAPTER VIII. 

 VARIETIES MOST GROWN IN THE UNITED STATES. 



The following is a list of varieties that have succeeded 

 in most of the States, and proved to be superior in some 

 desirable quality cither for earliness, hardiness, prolific 

 yield, freedom from disease, or some other good charac- 

 teristic, or for adaptability to certain localities : 



Early May, Bald Mediterranean, Canada Flint, Velvet, 

 Genesee Flint, Hutchinson, Kentucky, Indiana, New 

 York Flint, Bearded Mediterranean, Turkish Flint, 

 Harmon's White (New York Flint), Blue-stem, Boone, 

 Gander, Hoover, Lambert, Michigan, Malta, Orange, 

 Perkey, Golden-chaff, Quaker, Shot-berry or Starbuck, 

 Dayton, Carolina, Golden-straw, Virginia, Reed-straw, 

 Boughton or Tappahannock, Tennessee, Bald Genesee, 

 and Zimmerman. The Early May, known also as Ala- 

 bama, Early Ripe, June, and Watkins, has been cut as 

 early as May twenty-sixth, in Ohio, yielded well, and 

 weighed sixty-five pounds to the bushel. Mr. Klippart 

 reports that the Orange has been known to yield seventy 

 bushels to the acre, and eighty kernels in a single head ; 

 and that the Early May, Genesee Flint, and Harmon's 

 White, frequently weighed sixty-four to sixty-six pounds 

 the bushel. 



Among later varieties, which are gaining popularity as 

 prolific yielders, are the Keystone, Amber, Red Mediter- 

 ranean, and Yellow Missouri (winter), and Champlain, 

 Defiance, Russian White, and Touce (spring) ; the heads 

 of some of them are said to be eight inches long, with 

 seventy to eighty kernels in them. 



VARIETIES PREFERRED IN DIFFERENT STATES. 



In Colorado, spring wheats mostly prevail, the White 

 Australian proving very prolific. In Connecticut, Red 



