CLASSIFICATION OF AMERICAN WHEAT VARIETIES. 14 3 



oblique to square ; beaks 1 to 3 mm. long ; awns 3 to 8 cm. long ; kernels red, 

 midlong, semihard, ovate, humped ; germ midsized ; crease midwide, shallow- 

 to middeep, pitted ; cheeks usually rounded ; brush midsized, long. 



This variety is similar to Turkey, but has softer and more humped kernels. 

 The strain described aDove, which is a pure line from the original Red Hussar, 

 apparently is immune to bunt (stinking smut). 



History. — The origin of Hussar (Red Hussar) is undetermined. It was 

 grown by the Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, Urbana, 111., for the- 

 first time in 1906 (122, p. 73) and is still grown by that station. The variety 

 was obtained by the United States Department of Agriculture from the above 

 source in 1913. 



Distribution. — Hussar is not known to be grown commercially, but is grown 

 by several experiment stations in the United States. 



PESTEKBODEN. 



Description. — This variety is nearly identical with Turkey, except in being 

 slightly taller and in having somewhat larger and softer kernels. Some of the 

 varieties listed below as synonyms contain strains which can not be distin- 

 guished from Turkey. 



History. — This variety was first introduced into the United States by the 

 United States Department of Agriculture in 1900 from Budapest, Austria-Hun- 

 gary. 



Distribution. — This variety and those synonymous were not reported grown 

 in 1919. The wheat has been grown by many experiment stations and was 

 distributed to some extent in former years. The writers have been informed 

 that Pesterboden is being grown in Wisconsin. 



Synonyms. — Budapest, Hungarian, Torgova, and Weissenburg. 



Budapest was first introduced into the United States in 1892 from Budapest, 

 Hungary, by C. G. A. Voigt, a miller of Grand Rapids, Mich. (75, p. 142). 

 Several other introductions under the name of Budapest have been made, most 

 of which were practically identical with Turkey. Some strains, however, are 

 slightly taller, with a somewhat softer kernel. 



Hungarian is the name under which many introductions of hard red winter 

 wheat have been made. Most of these strains were identical with Turkey, as 

 were almost all of the introductions from Hungary. However, some strains 

 -lightly taller and have somewhat softer kernels than typical Turkey wheat. 

 Some of the earlier samples obtained by the department under this name -were 

 from the Argentine exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, in 1904. Tor- 

 gova was introduced by M. A. Carleton, of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture, in 1900. The original sample was grown near Torgova, an ex- 

 treme northern portion of the Stavropol Government on the Tsaritsyn Branch 

 of tin- Vladikarkaz Railway. It was obtained from the Turkin Flour Milling 

 Co., at Tsaritsyn (S. P. I. No. 6007). Weissenberg was introduced into the 

 ■d States from Budapest, Austria-Hungary, in 1900 by the United States 

 Department of Agriculture (197, s. P. I. No. 5499). 



KI.ACKHUl.I. (CXABK'S BT.ACK HULLED). 



Description. — Plant winter habit, early to midseason, midtall to tall; stem 

 white, line, midstrong; spike awned, fusiform, middense, inclined; glumes gla- 

 brous, white, With black Stripes, midlong, midwide; shoulders wanting to nar- 

 row, oblique; beaks 1 to .'; mm. long; awns 2 to 7 cm. long; kernels red, mid- 

 long, semihard to hard, usually plliptieal; germ small; crease narrow, shallow; 

 cheeks rounded; brush midsized, midlong. 



