EXPEEIMENTS WITH MARQUIS WHEAT. 5 



remembered that the Red Fife was the male parent of the Marquis and 

 that it doubtless was selected for Fife characters. 



The Marquis is a beardless spring wheat, with white glabrous glumes 

 and broad and short hard red kernels. In general it differs from the 



Fig. 1. — Heads and kernels of three varieties of hard spring wheat, natural size: 1, Marquis; 2, Glyndon; 



3, Haynes. 



true Fife varieties in its shorter straw, shorter spike, shorter glumes, 

 and shorter, broader kernel. (Figs. 1 and 2.) 



The plants are of only medium height, ranging from 28 to 48 inches, 

 according to season. They generally are 2 to 4 inches shorter than 



