60 BULLETIN 1074, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Description. — Plant winter habit, rnidseason, midtall.; stem glaucous, white, 

 midstrong to strong; spike awnless, oblong-fusiform, middense, erect to in- 

 clined ; glumes glabrous, white, midlong, wide ; shoulders wide, square to ele- 

 vated ; beaks wide, obtuse, 1 mm. long ; apical awns few, 2 to 20 mm. long, 

 somewhat incurved ; kernels white, midlong, soft, ovate, acute ; germ midsized ; 

 crease midwide, deep ; cheeks rounded, brush small, midlong. 



The variety differs principally from Prohibition in being slightly earlier and 

 in having slightly longer and laxer spikes and wider glumes and shoulders. 



History. — According to W. H. McLean, of Whitsett, N. C, "this variety 

 originated by a man whose name was Greeson, and has been grown in this 

 country for a number of years and is very popular." 7 He reported that it 

 constituted 40 per cent of the wheat grown near Whitsett, Guilford County, 

 N. C, in 1919. 



Distribution. — Grown in Chatham, Randolph, and Guilford Counties, N. C. 



Synonym. — Greensboro. Because the seed was obtained at a fair held at 

 Greensboro, N. C, this name is used for the variety in Randolph County, N. C, 

 where this wheat is most widely grown. 



WHITE WINTER. 



Description. — Plant winter habit, late, midtall; stem white, strong; spike 

 awnless, oblong, bluntish, dense, erect ; glumes glabrous, white, midlong, broad 

 at base ; shoulders wanting to oblique ; keel incurved above, beaks wide, obtuse, 

 1 mm. long ; apical awns few, 3 to 20 mm. long ; kernels white, short to midlong, 

 soft, ovate, slightly humped ; germ small ; crease midwide, middeep ; cheek? 

 rounded ; brush midsized, midlong. 



The variety differs principally from Prohibition in being later and in having 

 a distinctly incurved keel, smaller germ, and blunter kernel tip. Spikes, 

 glumes, and kernels of this variety are shown in Plate VIII, B, and a single 

 spike in Plate V, Figure 3. 



History. — White Winter is one of the oldest wheats grown in western Oregon. 

 It is reported to have been one of the principal wheats raised in Oregon Ter- 

 ritory in 1855 (97). It probably is of English origin. Other names have been 

 applied to the variety at times, but none has become generally used. 



Distribution. — Grown in 10 counties of western Oregon and in Siskiyou 

 County, Calif. It is one of the principal varieties grown in the Willamette 

 Valley. 



Synonyms. — Bishop's Pride, Oregon White, and Wold's White Winter. 

 Bishop's Pride is, for the most part, White Winter. Dr. W. L. Bishop, of 

 Dundee, Yamhill County, Oreg., claims he originated it as a result of a hybrid 

 obtained by sowing several varieties in a field and letting them cross naturally. 

 Oregon White is a name commonly used by farmers in the Willamette Valley 

 of Oregon for the White Winter variety. Wold's White Winter is a name 

 under which the variety is known in Washington County, Oreg. Joseph Con- 

 nell, of Hillsboro, Oreg., reported in the Wheat Varietal Survey of 1917 that 

 Wold's White Winter originated in Kent County, England, and had been 

 grown in Washington County for about 40 years. 



CHALLENGE (WEBB'S CHALLENGE WHITE). 



Description. — This variety is similar to White Winter except that it is 

 slightly taller and has a slightly longer spike, which tapers abruptly at the 

 apex instead of being nearly blunt. 



7 Letter from W. H. McLean, dated July 19, 1919. on file in the Offlce of Cereal Investi- 

 gations. 



