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



History. — The above-described sample under the name of Russian was ob- 

 tained from the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, Blacksburg, Va., 

 in 1917. Its origin is undetermined. It is slightly different from Russian Am- 

 ber . listed above as a synonym of Diehl-Mediterranean, and also is different 

 from any other wheat grown in the United States under the name of Russian. 



Distribution. — Wheat under the name Russian was reported in 1919 from 

 Maryland. Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia. This may 

 or may not be the wheat above described. 



IMPERIAL AMBER. 



Description. — Plant winter habit, midseason, midtall ; stem usually white, 

 sometimes faintly purple on lower internodes, midstrong; spike awned, broadly 

 fusiform, middense, inclined ; glumes glabrous, brown, long, wide ; shoulders 

 wanting to narrow, oblique ; beaks 3 to 25 mm. long ; awns 2 to 8 cm. long ; 

 kernels red. midlong, soft, ovate to elliptical ; germ small to midsized ; crease 

 midwide, middeep to deep, pitted ; cheeks usually rounded ; brush midsized, 

 midlong. 



Imperial Amber differs from Diehl-Mediterranean principally in having longer 

 glumes and beaks. 



History. — The origin of Imperial Amber is undetermined. Several samples 

 have been obtained from the Missouri and Indiana Agricultural Experiment 

 Stations. The samples have varied slightly in length of beak and other minor 

 characters. The strain above described is a pure-line selection (C. I. No. 5338) 

 made by Dr. C. E. Leighty at the Arlington Experimental Farm from a bulk sam- 

 ple obtained from the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station in 1913. 



Distribution. — No wheat is known to be grown commercially under the name 

 Imperial Amber. The unselected wheat under this name, which probably may 

 be only Diehl-Mediterranean, has been grown in experiments in Missouri, In- 

 diana. Ohio, and New York, and the pure-line strain above described is grown 

 at Arlington Farm. 



Synonyms. — Davidson and Farmers Trust. A sample of wheat called David- 

 son was obtained from the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station in 1917 and 

 proved to be very similar to Imperial. The origin of Davidson is undetermined 

 and it is not known to be commercially grown. Farmers Trust is a name under 

 which a sample similar to Imperial was obtained from the Cornell University 

 Station. This name is applied to at least two other varieties. It probably is 

 most commonly used for Mediterranean. The name was reported for wheat 

 grown in Arkansas, Indiana. Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. 



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

 spike awned, fusiform, middense, inclined; glumes glabrous, brown, midlong 

 to long, midwide, easily deciduous ; shoulders narrow, usually oblique ; beaks 

 1 to 3 mm. long ; awns 2 to 7 cm. long ; kernels red, midlong, soft, ovate ; germ 

 midsized to large ; crease midwide. middeep to deep, sometimes pitted ; cheeks 

 usually rounded ; brush midsized, midlong. 



Goens differs from Diehl-Mediterranean principally in being earlier and in 

 having purple straw, more easily shattered spikes, and shorter beaks. A spike, 

 glumes, and kernels of Goens are shown in Plate XLV. J5. 



History. — The Goens variety, under the names Red Chaff and Red Chaff 

 Bearded, has long been known in the United States. According to Klippart, in 

 1857 (131, p. 739) this wheat was "cultivated in Clermont County, Ohio, for 

 upward of 50 years." He further states that the origin of the name Goens is 

 undetermined. Wheat under this name was first obtained by the United States 



