176 BULLETIN" 1074, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



HYBEID 143. 



Description. — Plant intermediate to spring habit, midseason to late, mid- 

 tall ; stem white, strong ; spike awnless, elliptical, dense, erect ; glumes gla- 

 brous, white, short, wide ; shoulders midwide, usually rounded ; beaks wide, 

 obtuse, 0.5 mm. long; apical awns few, 2 to 10 mm. long; kernels white, very- 

 short, soft, ovate to oval to oblong, humped ; germ small to midsized, abrupt ; 

 crease narrow, shallow ; cheeks angular ; brush very small, short to 

 midlong. 



Hybrid 143 is distinct in having very short kernels. Spikes, glumes, and 

 kernels of this variety are shown in Plate XLIX, B, 



History. — This wheat was originated at the Washington Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station, Pullman, Wash., from a cross between White Track and 

 Little Club, made by Prof. W. J. Spillman in 1S99. It was first distributed in 

 1907 by the Washington station and has been grown both from fall or spring 

 sowing. 



Distribution. — Hybrid 143 was reported in 1919 from seven counties in 

 eastern Washington. It was reported grown most extensively in Columbia 

 County, where it made up 15 per cent of the total wheat 

 of the county. (Fig. 72.) 



Synonyms. — Shot Club, White Hybrid. The name Shot 

 Club is sometimes used for Hybrid 143 by men in the grain 

 trade because of its peculiar short, roundish, shotlike 

 kernels. 



HYBRID 60. 



Fig. 72. — Outline 

 map of a portion 

 of the Pacific 

 Northwest, show- 

 ing the distribu- 

 tion of Hybrid 

 143 wheat in 1919. 

 Estimated area, 

 49,500 acres. 



Description.— Plant winter habit, midseason, short to 

 midtall ; stem white, strong ; spike awnless, elliptical, 

 dense, erect ; glumes glabrous, white, midlong, narrow ; 

 shoulders narrow, usually rounded ; beaks wide, obtuse, 

 0.5 nim. long; apical awns few, 5 to 30 mm. long; ker- 

 nels white, short, hard, ovate, humped ; germ small ; 

 crease narrow, shallow ; cheeks usually angular ; brush small, short to 

 midlong. 



History. — This variety originated at the Washington Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station from a cross between Turkey and Little Club made by Prof. 

 W. J. Spillman, at Pullman, Wash., in 1899. It was increased and was dis- 

 tributed in 1905 from the Washington station by E. E. Elliott. 



Distribution. — Grown in experiments at field stations in the Pacific North- 

 west. It is not now known to be commercially grown. 



HYBRID 63. 



Description. — Plant spring habit, midseason, midtall; stem white, strong; 

 spike awnless, elliptical to oblong, dense, erect ; glumes glabrous, white, midlong, 

 narrow to midwide ; shoulders midwide, usually rounded ; beaks wide, obtuse,, 

 0.5 mm. long ; apical awns few, 2 to 5 mm. long ; kernels white, short, semihard 

 to hard, ovate to elliptical, humped ; germ small ; crease narrow, shallow ; cheeks 

 rounded to angular ; brush small, midlong. 



This variety is distinguished by its short spike and rather long, narrow 

 glumes. 



