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The White Plume variety is listed here as a side oat although 

 the particular strain which we have shows a few open heads 

 every year. This is not such a large variety as the Senator. 

 The straw is a little weaker, of medium size and from 36 to 40 

 inches tall. The grain is long and plump. 



MEDIUM LATE VARIETIES WITH INTERMEDIATE HEAD. 



In 191 3 a new variety was introduced from the Garton- 

 Cooper Company known as Garton No. 5. The head of this oat 

 is intermediate between an open head and a true side head. 

 This oat originated, according to the Garton-Cooper Company, 



J'ig. 58. Photograph of the Senator grain. The grains are very large 

 and plump and the pin oat is usually enclosed in the glumes of the 

 so-called "mother" oat. (Compare zuith Fig. 57.) 



from a cross between the Senator and the Regenerated Swedish 

 Select. Its intermediate type of head, large grain and low stool- 

 ing ability indicate its Senator parentage. 



The straw of this variety is medium coarse, averaging about 

 40 inches in height. The leaves are broad and dark green in 



