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



Abundance is a variety apparently identical with Goldcoin, which was intro- 

 duced by L. P. Gunson & Co., of Rochester, N. Y., about 1894. Mr. Gunson has 

 stated 13 " that this variety came from a new stooling wheat which we purchased 

 from A. N. Jones. One of these crossbred varieties, of which we purchased a 

 small amount, showed two different colors of chaff, and two were separated by 

 hand selection. The Abundance was obtained from one of these selections." It 

 probably was selected from the wheat Mr. Jones called Early White Leader. 

 Abundance was reported in 1919 from Michigan, Tennessee, and West Virginia. 



American Banner and New American Banner are names under which the 

 variety is best known in Canada. 



Clawson, or White Clawson, is identical with Goldcoin, but as previously in- 

 dicated, has an earlier history. Clawson or White Clawson was reported in 1919 

 from Connecticut, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New 

 Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Washington, and West Virginia. 



Fortyfold is the name under which Goldcoin was distributed by Peter Hen- 

 derson & Co., (110), seedsmen, of New York City, as early as 1899. The variety is 

 grown under this name chiefly in California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Utah. 



Klondike is the name under which the same wheat was distributed by J. M. 

 Thorburn & Co. (191), New York City, in 1908. It is grown in New York under 

 this name. No. 6 was applied to this wheat by Hickox-Rumsey Seed Co., Ba- 

 tavia, N. Y. It is claimed by Mr. Rumsey that the name No. 6 antedates Gold- 

 coin. International No. 6, Rochester No. 6, and possibly Improved No. 6, are 

 names under which the variety was distributed by the International Seed Co., 

 of Rochester, N. Y. The distribution of the variety under these names seems 

 to date from about 1908. The Junior No. 6 is said to be an improved strain of 

 No. 6, but is identical with Goldcoin. It was named and distributed by the 

 Hickox-Rumsey Seed Co.. Batavia, N. Y. Goldcoin is mostly grown in New York 

 under tbe names given in this paragraph. 



Prizetaker is the name used for the variety by the John A. Salzer Seed Co. 

 (163), of La Crosse, Wis., as early as 1897, and possibly prior to that time. 

 Prizetaker was reported from Illinois and Pennsylvania, but that grown in Illi- 

 nois under this name is the variety known as Harvest Queen. Winter King Is 

 a name used for Goldcoin in Clearfield County, Pa. 



JOHN BEOWN. 



Description. — Plant spring habit, early, tall ; stem white, strong ; spike awn- 

 less, fusiform to linear-oblong, middense, erect ; glumes glabrous, brown, mid- 

 long, midwide ; shoulders midwide, oblique to square ; beaks narrow, acute, 

 1 mm. long ; apical awns few, 3 to 15 mm. long ; kernels white, midsized, soft, 

 usually ovate : sometimes oval or elliptical ; germ micls'zed ; crease narrow 

 to midwide, deep ; cheeks rounded ; brush midsized, midlong to long. 



History. — The variety is of Australian origin, being one of the many cross- 

 bred wheats produced by W.'lliam Farrer. 



John Brown is the result of a rather complicated cross and has the following 

 pedigree : 



Ble carre X Wards White. 



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Improved Fife X Unnamed . 

 i 

 Hornblende X Unnamed. 



Unnamed X Lambrigg Australian Talavera. 



John Brown. 



13 Reisner, John H. Wheat in New York. 1915. Unpublished thesis, Cornell University. 



