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luced it originally from Asia. II is an awnless, white-glumed, very 

 j$j£F strawed variety. The head is 2\ to 3 inches in length, erect, 

 ajjeh more slender than that of wheat, and very compact. This 

 variety has averaged 63.23 bushels to the acre in a 6-year test al 

 College Park and 74.08 bushels in a 5-year test at Arlington Farm. 

 !t lias given a higher average yield at both places than any other 

 rarietyof spelt or emmer. A selection from Alstroum has l>ecn grown 

 it Arlington Farm for 4 years, during which time it had an average 

 field 3 bushels higher than that of the original variety. 



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^ig. 3. — Heads of three variet ies of spelt and one variety of emmer grown at the Maryland Agricultural 

 Experiment Station and at Arlington Farm: 1, Alstroum spelt; 2, Red Awnless spelt: 3, Servia 

 spelt; 4, Black Winter emmer. 



Red Awnless. — The Red Awnless spelt, C. I. No. 1772, was also 

 )btained by the Office of Cereal Investigations in 1901 from the 

 iVashington station. Like the Alstroum, it came originally from Asia, 

 "t is very similar to the Alstroum, except that the glumes are brown- 

 sh red in color; hence the name. The average yield of the Red 

 Awnless spelt was 0.05 bushel less than that of Alstroum at College 

 e? ark and 1.82 bushels less at Arlington Farm. 



Servia.— The Servia or "White Bearded" spelt, C. I. No. 1724, 

 •ame originally from Serbia; hence the name. This variety was 

 >btained at the Paris Exposition in 1900 by Mr. M. A. Carleton, 

 ^erealist of the United States Department of Agriculture. This spelt 

 s not unlike the Alstroum in appearance, except that it is bearded, 

 die heads are slis;htlv longer than those of the awnless varieties and 



