CLASSIFICATION OF AMERICAN WHEAT VARIETIES. 173 



KEY TO THE VARIETIES OF CLUB WHEAT. 



la. Spike Awnless. 



2a. Glumes Glabrous. 

 3a. Glumes White. 



4a. Kernels White ( Triticum compactum humboldtii Kcke.). 

 Kernels Short to Midlong. 



Kernels Soft to Semihard. • Page. 



Winter Habit Hybrid 128 173 



Spring Habit. 

 Plant tall. 



Spike oblong-fusiform Little Club 1 74 



Spike clavate Big Club 175 



Plant short; glumes and kernels very short. 



Spike elliptical Hybrid 143 176 



Kernels Semihard to' Hard. 

 Winter Habit. 



Spike oblong-fusiform Hybrid 60 176 



Spring Habit. 



Spike elliptical Hybrid 63 1 76 



4b. Kernels Red ( T. c. wernerianum Kcke.) 

 Kernels Short to Midlong. 

 Kernels Soft to Semihard. 

 Spring Habit. 



Kernels soft Hybrid 108 177 



Kernels semihard Hybrid 123 177 



3b. Glumes Brown. 



4a. Kernels White ( T. c. rufulum Kcke.). 

 Kernels Short to Midlong. 

 Kernels Soft to Semihard. 

 Spring Habit. 



Spike oblong-fusiform; glumes dark brown. 



Plant tall, late Jenkin. 178 



Spike clavate. 



Glumes light brown Redchaff 178 



Glumes bluish brown Bluechaff 178 



4b. Kernels Red ( T. c. cretisum Al.). 

 Kernels Short to Midlong. 

 Kernels Soft to Semihard. 

 Spring Habit. 



Spike elliptical, stem purple Dale 179 



2b. Glumes Pubescent. 

 3a. Glumes White. 



4a. Kernels Red ( T. c. loittmackianum Kcke.). 

 Kernels Short to Midlong. 

 Kernels Soft to Semihard. 



Winter Habit; spike elliptical Coppei 179 



3b. Glumes Brown. 

 4b. Kernels White. 



Kernels Short to Midlong. 

 Kernels Soft to Semihard. 

 Spring Habit. 



Plant short, early Wilbur 180 



lb. Spike Awned. 



2a. Glumes Glabrous. 

 3a. Glumes Brown. 



la. Kernels Red ( T. c. erinaceum Kcke.). 

 Kernels Short to Midlong. 

 Kernels Soft to Semihard. 



i- in M 1 1 ahit Mayview 180 



DESCRIPTION, HISTORY, DISTRIBUTION, AND SYNONYMY OF CLUB WHEAT 



VARIETIES. 



IIYKKII) 128. 



Hpttigm.— I'lniil winter habit, midseason, mid (ill 1 ; stem white, strong, 



.1 ; gpikC ;i unless, ell i pi icnl, dense, creel ; flumes kI nitrous, while, sliorl, wide; 

 iMer- Barrow, usually rounding; beaks wide, obtuse, 0.5 mm. long; apical 



