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



State experiment stations, at Arlington Farm, Va., and College Park, Md., 

 since 1908. The original sample is of Maryland origin, obtained about 1900. 

 Apparently the name Rocky Mountain was in use at that time for Mediter- 

 ranean wheat. It was reported in 1919 from Illinois, North Carolina, Penn- 

 sylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia. Standby is a name used for Mediterranean 

 in West Virginia. Swamp is a name commonly used, particularly in Indiana, 

 for Mediterranean wheat. It was advertised by J. A. Everitt's Seed Store, of 

 Indianapolis, Ind., in their fall catalogue of 1899, and probably was distributed 

 for several years previous to that time. It was reported in 1919 from Illinois, 

 Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia. 



RED BOCK. 



Description. — Red Rock is similar to Mediterranean except for a slightly 

 longer, wider, and laxer spike and a harder kernel which has a wider and 

 deeper crease. It also yields better and is superior to Mediterranean for mill- 

 ing and bread making. 

 A spike, glumes, and kernels of Red Rock are shown in Plate XLVI, B. 

 History. — Red Rock was originated at the Michigan Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, Lansing, Mich., from an individual kernel picked out of a white 



wheat called Plymouth Rock. The selection was 

 first sown in tjie fall of 1908. By 1914, 60 bushels 

 were sent out by the experiment station to as many 

 farmers, 1 bushel being furnished each farmer. In 

 1915, 69 bushels were distributed in the same way. 

 It is estimated that in the fall of 1915, 1,000 bush- 

 els of Red Rock wheat were sown in the various 

 parts of the State of Michigan (184, P- 3). 



Distribution. — Reported in 1919 from 68 counties 



_. „ „ ,. ... „ in Michigan and from Connecticut, Illinois. Indiana, 



Fig. 66. — Outline map of a . . .'"■'. - 



portion of the northern and Ohio. (Fig. 66.) 



United States, showing 



the distribution of Red bearded winter fife. 



Rock wheat in 1919, 

 Estimated area, 216,000 



Description. — Plant winter habit, midseason, mid- 

 acres, tall ; stem white, strong, stout ; spike awned, oblong- 

 fusiform, middense, nodding; glumes pubescent, 

 white, midlong, midwide ; shoulders midwide, usually square ; beaks 2 to 10 

 mm. long ; awns 3 to 7 cm. long ; kernels white, midlong, soft, broadly ovate ; 

 germ small to midsized ; crease midwide, middeep ; cheeks rounded ; brush 

 large, midlong. 



History. — Bearded Winter Fife was originated by A. N. Jones, 28 of Newark, 

 N. Y., in 1894, and, according to Carleton (61, p. 221), it is of hybrid origin 

 and has Jones Fife as one parent. The Bearded Winter Fife was first dis- 

 tributed in 1896 by Peter Henderson & Co., seedsmen, of New York City. 



Distribution. — Grown at experiment stations in the eastern United States. It 

 is also probably commercially grown to a small extent, 'but as it has become 

 so confused with other varieties, a definite distribution can not be reported. 



READ (READ'S VERMONT WINTER). 



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

 stout ; spike awned, clavate, dense, inclined ; glumes pubescent, white, long, 

 wide ; shoulders narrow, oblique ; beaks 2 to 10 mm. long ; awns 2 to 5 cm. 



:s Printed stationery of Mr. A. N. Jones. 



