112 WHEAT. 



Additional varieties of wheat which have been somewhat cultivated in this State. 



1. Velvet-chaff Bald (PI. XXVII, fig. 4). Chaff greenish brown and dotted, without beard or 

 awns. 



2. Wheatland Yelloio (PI. XXVII, fig. 5). Chaff" pale yellow, with short awns; heads large 

 and berry large. 



3. Virginia Bluest raiv (PI. XXVII, fig. 6). ChafT yellowish, without a beard; head small. 



4. Hume's While (PI. XXVII, fig. 8). Heads rather long and slender ; chaff" yellow. 



5. Bearded Baltic (PI. XXVII, fig. 7). Heads thick and heavy ; chafFyellowish brown, bearded ; 

 beards moderately long. 



6. Skinner's Club (PI. XXVII, fig. 9). Kernels clustered in whorls ; chaff" greenish yellow, 

 bearded. 



7. Old Bearded Tuscany. Kernels clustered, and with long beards, greenish yellow ; heads 

 rather long. 



8. Pale Red-chaff (PI. XXVII, fig. 11). Kernels thickly clustered ; chaff' pale brown, beardless; 

 heads rather long. 



9. Baltic Downy (PI. XXVII, fig. 13). Chaff" brown, quite downy ; heads long, beardless. 



10. Old Black Bald (PI. XXVII, fig. 14). Kernels irregularly clustered ; chaff" brown, bearded. 



11. Poland White Bald (PI. XXVII, fig. 15). Berry irregularly clustered; chaff" greenish 

 yellow, awned, or with shortish beards. 



12. New Velvet-chaff (PI. XXVII, fig. 17). Kernels very thickly clustered, bearded. 



13. Black Velvet-chaff (PI. XXVIII, fig. 5). Kernels closely set and thick; chaff" very dark. 



14. Bald Baltic. Kernels thickly set in regular rows ; chaff" light brown ; heads thick, heavy. 



15. Old White-flint (PI. XXVIII, fig. 10). Kernels clustered; chaff yellow, beardless; heads 

 rather short. 



16. Early Velvet-beard. Kernels clustered in whorls ; heads long and yellow. 



17. Italian Spri?ig Wheat (PI. XXVIII, fig. 14). Kernels clustered, irregularly arranged upon 

 the spike ; chaff" greenish yellow, thickly bearded. 



18. Bearded Valparaiso. Kernels in rows, regularly arranged ; head short and thick, bearded. 



19. Washington Wheat (PI. XXIX). Heads very large and long ; chaff brown ; beards long ; 

 berry rather dark, but numerous, amounting to 70 or 80. 



20. Verplanck Wheat. Heads quite large and beautiful ; berry of the largest size. 



21. Club Wheat, Pennsylvania Wheat (PI. XXIX). Heads short; kernels in regular rows, 

 bearded. 



22. Spring Red-chaff (PI. XXIX). Kernels clustered; heads long; chaff reddish brown, 

 bearded. 



23. Spring Wintington Wheat (PI. XXIX). Kernels thickly set, but irregular and large ; chaff 

 yellow, bearded. 



