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New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, 

 West Virginia, and Wisconsin. This distribution is shown in Figure 39. 

 Synonyms. — Advance, Indiana Red Wave, Jones Red Wave, Old Dutch, Red 

 Chaff, Red Ivory, Red Wafer, Ruble, Rust Proof, Waif, Waverly, and Worlds 

 Fair. 



Old Dutch, Red Chaff, Red Ivory, Red Wafer, Waif, Waverly, and Worlds 

 Fair are local names used by growers, chiefly in Indiana. Advance is a name 

 under which this wheat was distributed by the John A. Salzer Seed Co., of 

 La Crosse, Wis. Indiana Red Wave is the name used for the variety by growers 

 in States adjoining Indiana who obtained their seed from that State, as Red 

 Wave is a rather widely grown variety in Indiana. 



Jones Red Wave is a name used because the variety was originated by A. N. 

 Jones, as stated above. Ruble is a variety similar to Red Wave, except for 

 having a denser and less nodding spike. It was obtained from H. W. Anderson, 

 Washington College, Tenn., who states that it has been grown in Washington 



County, Tenn., for the past 20 years. 

 Rust Proof is the name under which a 

 sample of Red Wave was obtained 

 from Osceola County, Mich. 



FLEMING. 



Description. — This variety differs 

 from Red Wave only in being slightly 

 later and in having a somewhat nar- 

 rower and less nodding spike. 



History. — Fleming was imported 

 from Russia. According to officials of 

 the Montana Agricultural Experiment 

 39 ._ 0u tlme map of a portion of the Station, in correspondence with the 

 northeastern United States, showing the Office of Cereal Investigations, "Mr. 

 distribution of Red Wave wheat in 1919. E. E. Fleming obtained it from a 

 Estimated area, 1,132,400 acres. friend from Russia, since dead, and 



named it ' Russian Club.' " Several hundred acres now are grown about For- 

 syth, Mont. 



Distribution. — Grown by the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station as 

 Fleming and commercially in Rosebud County, Mont., as Russian Club. 



Synonyms. — Russian Club, Winter Club. These names are both used by 

 growers in Rosebud County. 



PETEKSON (EARS PETERSON). 



Description. — Plant winter habit, midseason, tall ; stem white, midstrong ; 

 spike awnless, broadly fusiform, long, middense, nodding; glumes glabrous, 

 brown, midlong, midwide to wide ; shoulders midwide; oblique to rounded ; 

 beaks wide, obtuse, 1 mm. long; apical awns few, 2 to 5 mm. long; kernels 

 red, midlong, soft, broadly ovate ; germ midsized ; crease wide, middeep to 

 deep, sometimes pitted ; cheeks usually angular ; brush midsized, midlong. 



Peterson differs from Red Wave in being slightly taller and in having a longer 

 spike and narrower glumes and shoulders. 



History. — The history of Peterson wheat is undetermined. The following 

 statements relate to its culture in Arizona : 



