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Each of these may be kiio-nii under several names, or 

 may have several strains. For example, among the sub- 

 varieties or selections of the Red Rust-proof tj'pe are 

 Appier, Culberson, and Bancroft. 



10. Red Rust-proof oats. — This is the most popular 

 type of oats from North Carolina to Texas, and is variously 

 called Red oats, Rust-proof oats, and Texas oats. It and 

 its strains maj' be recognized, or distinguished from other 

 varieties, by the follo-ndng characteris- 

 tics : When a bunch of slender bristles 

 is present at the base of the lower grain 

 of a spikelet, they are of greater length 

 than those sometimes occurring on 

 other varieties growing in the South 

 (Fig. 4) ; and almost invariably both 

 of the developed grains in a spikelet 

 are armed T\'ith beards, while in most 

 other varieties the beards, if present, 

 usually occur only on the larger grain 

 in each spikelet. The usual means of _ ^ „ 



Fig. 4. — spikeletsof 



distinguishing Red Rust-proof oats is Red Rust-peoof Oats. 

 by the reddish or j'ello'W'ish appearance Note length of bris- 

 of the grains that have not been stained ^>"' ^* '^^'^ °* "p^^"'"*- 

 by bad weather, and the greater plumpness of the grains 

 as compared with those of other Southern varieties. The 

 head or panicle is rather compact, and the branches short 

 (Fig. 5). 



The straw of Red Rust-proof oats is stout or large, and 

 on poor or medium land the plants do not grow as tall as 

 do those of Burt and Turf oats. This stout straw makes 

 Red Rust-proof oats less liable to fall or lodge than are the 



