SPRING CEREALS AT MORO, OREO. 



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extent in Arizona and Washington, while Karun, Koola, and Talimka 

 are new introductions not yet grown except in an experimental way. 

 Heads of the six varieties arc shown in figures 9 and 10. 



Pacific Bluestem. — Pacific Bluestem (C. I. No. 4067) is the stand- 

 ard spring wheat on the farms of the Columbia Basin. It usually 

 commands a premium of 3 to 4 cents a bushel over other varieties on 

 western markets. It is a fairly early spring wheat of medium height, 

 with beardless spikes (fig. 9, B) , white, glabrous glumes, and mid- 

 sized, soft, white kernels. In the West it is called simply "Blue- 

 stem," but it must not be confused with the Blues tems of the hard 



Fig. 9. 



-Heads of varieties of spring wheat grown at the Moro substation: A, Little Club; B, Pacific 

 Bluestem; C, Karun. 



spring-wheat belt in the northern section of the Great Plains area or 

 with the Bluestems of the Atlantic coast. The exact origin of this 

 variety is not known, but almost certainly it is an Australian wheat. 

 It closely resembles Rymer and Warren, two varieties from New 

 South Wales. It is also identical with the White Australian, formerly 

 widely grown in California. 



Little Club.— Little Club (C. I. No. 4066) is the standard variety of 

 club wheat in the western United States. It is a short, midseason to 

 late variety, with very broad, short leaves. The beardless spikes are 

 short, but broad and very compact, usually oblong in shape (fig. 9, A) . 

 The glumes are white and glabrous; the small kernels, white and soft. 



