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Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. It was first grown at that station 

 in 1893. As far as known it was a mass variety. Marvel Bluestem is a 

 name which was applied to Bluestem wheat by J. A. Salzer & Co., seedsmen, of 

 La Crosse, Wis. It is known to have been used at least as early as 1892. 

 Marvel Bluestem was reported in 1919 from Minnesota, South Dakota, and 

 Wisconsin. Minnesota No. 169, as shown above, is a pure-line selection of 

 Haynes Bluestem, developed at the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. 

 Velvet Bluestem is a name used by Carleton (58, p. 65-66) for the bulk un- 

 selected Bluestem wheat grown in the Northwest. 



DAKOTA. 



Description. — This variety also is identical with Haynes Bluestem in all 

 morphological characters, but has outyielded it in North Dakota. 



History. — The Dakota is a pure-line selection from the original Haynes 

 Bluestem, originated at the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station 

 about 1898. It was first called by its number, North Dakota No. 316, later by 

 the name Select Bluestem, and finally was named Dakota. 



Distribution. — It was widely grown in North Dakota about a decade ago,, 

 but now probably has largely disappeared from cultivation. 



Synonyms. — North Dakota No. 316, Select Bluestem. 



Description. — Plant spring habit, although remaining prostrate during its 

 early growth, midseason, midtall ; stem white, slender, weak ; leaves pubescent, 

 glaucous ; spike awnless, fusiform, lax, inclined ; glumes pubescent, light brown,, 

 long, midwide ; shoulders midwide, oblique to square ; beaks wide, acute 1 to 2 

 mm. long; apical awns many, 3 to 30 mm. long; kernels white, midlong, soft, 

 ovate to elliptical, slightly humped, ventral side rounded ; germ small ; crease 

 narrow, shallow ; cheeks usually rounded ; brush midsized, midlong. 



This variety is distinguished by its pubescent, brown glumes and pubescent 

 leaves. It is a high-yielding wheat in dry climates and is one of the best 

 white wheats for bread baking. Its weak straw, however, is a serious objec- 

 tion. Spikes, glumes, and kernels of Galgalos wheat are shown in Plate 

 XXXIII, B. 



History. — Galgalos (S. P. I. No. 9S72) was introduced in 1903 by the United 

 States Department of Agriculture (197) from the Erivan Government in 

 Transcaucasian Russia, 



Distribution. — Grown in Kings, Lassen, Merced, San Luis Obispo, and Shasta 

 Counties, Calif. ; and Crook, Grant, Jefferson, Josephine, and Wallowa Coun- 

 ties, Oreg. 



Synonyms. — Russian Red, Velvet Chaff. Russian Red is a local name used 

 for Galgalos in Shasta County, Calif., and Velvet Chaff is a local name used 

 for it in Josephine County, Oreg. 



SONORA. 



Description. — Plant spring habit, early, short to midtall ; stem white, strong ; 

 spike awnless, oblong, short, dense, erect ; glumes pubescent, brown, midlong. 

 midwide, easily shattered ; shoulders narrow, usually oblique ; beaks narrow, 

 acuminate, 1 to 3 mm. long; apical awns several, 3 to 8 mm. long; kernels 

 white, short, soft, ovate to oval ; germ small ; crease midwide, shallow ; cheeks 

 rounded ; brush small, short. 



