RICE 357 



Honduras and the grain, being tougher, suffers a smaller 

 percentage of loss from broken grains in milling. The 

 kernels of Japan rice are short and thick. As the grain 



FIG. 61. Showing typical heads of five varieties of 

 rice together with the unhulled and hulled grains 

 (a), and hulled kernels (&). 1, Blue Rose; 2, Hon- 

 duras; 3, Waterbuna (Japan); 4, Shinriki (Japan); 

 5, Red Rice. 



has a very thin hull it yields a small percentage of bran 

 and polish. 



Blue Rose rice (Fig. 62) is the most important variety 

 now grown in southeast Texas and southwest Lousiana. It 

 was originated by a planter by the name of Wright, of 

 Crowley, Louisiana, and has come into use only within the 

 last five or six years. It is valued especially as a high- 

 yielding variety and possesses excellent milling qualities, 

 milling a uniformly high percentage of finished rice. It 



