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



Synonyms. — Bull Moose, Golden Chaff, New Genesee, and Velvet Head. 



Bull Moose is a recent and local name used for Grandprize wheat in Craw- 

 ford County, 111. Golden Chaff is a name used for Grandprize in Indiana. 

 New Genesee is the name under which a wheat similar to Grandprize was ob- 

 tained from the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station, Madison, Wis., 

 in 1917. Its origin is undetermined. This sample was not pure. It contains 

 a greater percentage of the form having oblong spikes than does Grandprize 

 itself. New Genesee is not known to be commercially grown. Velvet Head is 

 a name under which Grandprize wheat was reported from Kentucky. 



DEMOCRAT. 



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

 awned, fusiform, middense, inclined ; glumes glabrous, white, midlong, mid- 

 wide ; shoulders wanting to narrow ; beaks 1 to 3 mm. long ; awns 3 to 6 cm. 

 long ; kernels white, midlong, soft, ovate, acute ; germ small to midsized ; crease 

 usually narrow, shallow to middeep ; cheeks angular ; brush small, midlong. 



Democrat is the only variety of winter wheat having awned white-glumed 

 fusiform spikes and midsized white kernels. 



History. — The origin of Democrat wheat is undetermined. It was grown by 

 the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station as early as 1S83. It was obtained by 

 that station from George Burr, of Lodi, Ohio, and at that time was recorded 

 as being a variety quite generally grown in Ohio (80, p. 17). 



Distribution. — Grown sparingly in Illinois, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, 

 and West Virginia. 



SENECA CHIEF. 



Description. — Plant winter habit, late, short to midtall; stem white, mid- 

 strong, stout; spike awned, clavate, dense, inclined; glumes glabrous, white, 

 midlong, midwide; shoulders wanting to narrow, rounded; beaks 3 to 20 mm. 

 long; awns 3 to 7 cm. long; kernels white, short, soft, broadly ovate to oval; 

 germ midsized ; crease midwide, shallow ; cheeks usually rounded ; brush mid- 

 sized, midlong. 



Seneca Chief, as described above, differs from Oatka Chief in being shorter 

 and in having a shorter and denser spike, longer beaks, and smaller kernels. 



History. — The origin of Seneca Chief is not determined. It was reported by 

 Carle ton in 1900 as a wheat of American origin (58, p. 54). It was listed by the 

 Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station for the first time in 1888 (81, p. 29), but 

 at that time was described as an awned, brown-glumed, red-kerneled variety 

 similar to Diehl-Mediterranean. This may be the correct description for Seneca 

 Chief, and the variety grown by the writers may possibly be the old Diehl wheat 

 which is known to have been of this type. 



Distribution. — Seneca Chief as described above was formerly grown in New 

 York, but is not now known to be grown commercially. It is being grown at 

 several experiment stations. 



OATKA CHIEF. 



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

 spike awned, linear-clavate, inclined ; glumes glabrous, white, midlong, mid- 

 wide ; shoulders narrow, usually rounded ; beaks 2 to 10 mm. long ; awns 3 to 6 

 cm. long ; kernels white, short to midlong, soft, ovate to elliptical ; germ mid- 

 sized; crease midwide, middeep; cheeks usually rounded; brush midsized, 

 midlong. 



