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The kernels (PI. II, G and II) average in length 7.5 millimeters, 

 in width 1,8 millimeters, and in thickness 2.4 millimeters. Viewed 

 laterally, the dorsal and ventral margins are equally convex, and 

 their distal end is obtuse. The opaque area when present is narrow 

 and located near the center of the kernel. 



This variety matures in approximately 143 days and has produced 

 an average acre yield of 2,443 pounds of paddy and 2,310 pounds 

 of straw. It seems well adapted to southwestern Louisiana, pro- 

 ducing larger yields on the clay soils of the prairies than on the 

 alluvial Delta lands. This rice shows a strong tendency to shatter 

 when it matures in late autumn. This loss may be prevented by 

 early seeding. Production on poor soils is greater from this variety 

 than from any of the varieties now grown on the Coastal Plain in 

 the Louisiana-Texas rice belt. On account of the white thin bran 

 of the kernel it might be used to meet the increasing demand for 

 "brown" or "natural" rice. 



EVANGELINE. 



The Evangeline is a pure-line selection from an unnamed variety 

 which was obtained by the United States Department of Agriculture 

 in 1904 from the rice exhibit of Guatemala at the Louisiana Purchase 

 Exposition. The selection was made at the Rice Experiment Station, 

 Crowley, La., by the writers in 1911. The name Evangeline is 

 taken from Longfellow's poem of the same name and was applied 

 to this selection in 1917. It was increased from nursery to plat ex- 

 periments in 1914. The plat yields are given in Table 2. The 

 variety was distributed in southwestern Louisiana for commercial 

 growing in 1918. No accurate estimate of the acreage of Evangeline 

 (C. I. No. 1162) can be made at present. It probably will be grown 

 more extensively on the Delta lands than in the prairie sections of 

 Louisiana. 



The stout green culms of the Evangeline variety are slightly flexed 

 at the second node and usually number six to the plant. Their 

 average height, including the panicles, is 45 inches. The culm nodes 

 are dark green ; sheath nodes light green. The auricles are prominent 

 and persistent. The ligules average three-fourths of an inch in 

 length. The leaf blades are broad, averaging three-fourths of an 

 inch in width. The panicles have an average length of 8i| inches, 

 and each bears on an average 140 seeds. 



The seeds (PI. II, / and J) average 9 millimeters in length and 

 3.1 millimeters in thickness. The glumes are pale yellow and have 

 smooth margins. The hull tightly incloses the kernel, is light yellow, 

 medium in thickness, and thinly covered with very short white hairs. 

 The apex of the hull terminates in two conical light -yellow teeth. 

 These are located on the meson, are unequal in length, and distinctly 

 bent ventrad. The conical lateral teeth are usually absent and when 

 present are inconspicuous. 



The kernels (PL II, K and L) average in length 7 millimeters, in 

 width 1.8 millimeters, and in thickness 2.6 millimeters. Viewed later- 

 ally, the dorsal and ventral margins are equally convex, and their 

 distal end is obtuse. The opaque area often extends from the dorsal 

 margin to the center. 

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