﻿SOME NEW VARIETIES OF RICE. 11 



SALVO. 



The Salvo is a pure-line selection from the Djember variety, which 

 was obtained by the United States Department of Agriculture in 

 1904 from Charles A. Franc, Soerabaya, Java. 



The selection was made at the Rice Experiment Station, Crowley, 

 La., by the writers in 1911. The name Salvo is derived from the 

 Latin, meaning safe, and was applied to this selection in 1917. The 

 selection was increased from nursery to plat experiments in 1914. The 

 plat yields are given in Table 2. The variety was distributed in 

 southwestern Louisiana for commercial growing in 1918. The acre- 

 age of Salvo (C. I. No. 1297) is not definitely known, as at present 

 it is grown only for home use. 



The stout culms of this variety are green and usually number six- 

 to the plant. Their average height, including the panicles, is 51 

 inches. The culm nodes are green, marked with brown; the sheath 

 nodes are light green. The auricles are conspicuous 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 10| inches, and each bears on an 

 average 143 seeds. 



The seeds (PI. Ill, E and F) average 10.3 millimeters in length 

 and 3.1 millimeter in thickness. The glumes are brown and have 

 smooth margins. The hull, which loosely incloses the kernel, is 

 light yellow and medium in thickness. Its surface is thickly covered 

 with short white hairs, which obscure in part its burlaplike appear- 

 ance. The apex of the hull terminates in two conical purple teeth, 

 which are located on the meson. These are unequal in length and 

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

 present are very inconspicuous. 



The kernels (PI. Ill, G and II) aA-erage in length 7.7 millimeters, 

 in width 1.9 millimeters, and in thickness 2.4 millimeters. Viewed 

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

 ventral margin being the less so. The distal end is obtuse and 

 slightly curved toward the ventral margin. The opaque area is 

 narrow and located near the center. 



This variety matures in approximately 144 days and has produced 

 an average acre yield of 1,774 pounds of paddy and 1.790 pounds of 

 straw. It seems to be well adapted to the lighter soils of south- 

 western Louisiana. Salvo, like Delitus. has a pop-cornlike flavor. 



HONDURAS. 



The name Honduras was applied to a long-grain rice that was 

 imported from Honduras into Louisiana through commercial sources, 

 probably as early as 1890. On account of its productiveness it soon 

 supplanted the Carolina varieties on the Delta lands of the State 

 and later was introduced into southwestern Louisiana, where it was 

 the leading variety as long as new land was available for rice culture. 

 It probably is a strain of the Creole variety, which is extensively 

 grown in Morelos, Mexico. 



The very stout green culms of the Honduras variety usually num- 

 ber five to the plant. Their average height, including the panicles, 

 is 54 inches. The culm nodes are dark green: sheath nodes light 

 green. The auricles are deciduous. The ligules are three-fourths of 



