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an inch long. The leaf blades are broad, averaging five-eighths of 

 an inch in width. The panicles (Fig. 3) have an average length of 



9| inches, and each bears on an average 157 seeds. 



The seeds (PI. Ill, / and •/) average 10 millimeters in length and 

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

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

 and medium in thickness. Its surface has a burlaplike appearance 

 and is thinly and evenly covered with white hairs. The apex of the 

 hull terminates in four conical light-yellow teeth. The two that are 

 prominent are located on the meson, the dorsal one being the longer 

 and sometimes spinelike. This conical tooth may develop into an 

 awn when the variety is grown on very rich soil. The other two are 

 lateral and small. 



The kernels (PI. III. K and L) average in length 8 millimeters, 

 in width 1.9 millimeters, and in thickness 2.8 millimeters. Viewed 

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

 the distal end is obtuse. The opaque area, when present, is usually 

 located on or near the dorsal margin. 



This variety matures in approximately 123 days and has produced 

 an average acre yield of 1,834 pounds of paddy and 2,363 pounds 

 of straw. It is the principal long-grain rice grown in Louisiana, 

 Texas, and Arkansas. It has yielded at the rate of 1,914 pounds 

 of paddy per acre on the Delta lands of the Mississippi River in 

 Louisiana and as high as 2,045 pounds of paddy on new prairie 

 lands in Arkansas. When grown on land that has been cropped 

 too heavily to rice, it produces low yields of paddy, often too in- 

 ferior in quality to make a good milled product. Because of its 

 lack of productiveness on the poorer lands, the acreage of Hon- 

 duras rice has been greatly reduced in southwestern Louisiana. 

 In the Mississippi and Teche River sections of Louisiana this vari- 

 ety produces its maximum yields and should be grown there on a 

 larger acreage. 



The milled product of this rice always has a ready market. Its 

 popularity is due to the fact that the kernels do not form a paste- 

 like mass when boiled. These properties are highly valued by those 

 who eat rice regularly. This class of consumers also uses the broken 

 as well as the whole kernels of this variety, which indicates rather 

 strongly that something more is necessary than a whole kernel (head 

 rice) to make an attractive and palatable dish of rice. 



WATARIBUNE. 



The Wataribune variety was grown for the first time in this 

 country at Webster. Tex., in 1908, by S. Sabaira. a Japanese farmer, 

 who imported the seed from Japan. The seed from this crop was 

 sold by J. A. Lambert. Houston, Tex., under the name " Watari." 

 Although a rice of high-yielding capacity and excellent quality, it 

 has never been grown extensively in Louisiana. Texas, and Arkansas. 

 Wataribune and selections from it are the principal varieties culti- 

 vated in California. 



The rather thick culms of this variety are light green, streaked 

 with dark green, and usually number eight to the plant. Their 

 average height, including the panicles, is 43 inches. The culm nodes 



