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(6) SPRING WHEAT. 



(8) Australian. — This is also known as Australian Club and White 

 Australian. It was reported by twenty-eight correspondents as grow- 

 ing in nine States and Territories, and in British Columbia close to 

 the Washington line. It is adapted to the CTpper and Lower Austral 

 zones. In California, where it is grown more than elsewhere, it suc- 

 ceeds nicely in the hot San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys, which 

 lie within the Lower Austral. The only report which might seem 

 out of the uniform geographic location is the one at Hazelmere, in 

 Westminster district, British Columbia, which seems to come within 

 the Transition zone. One report from Ohio appears to be a case of a 

 variety improperly named, which really belongs to the winter class. 



(9) Ladoga. — This variety was introduced from Eussia by Prof. 

 William Saunders, of the Central Experimental Farm at Ottawa, 

 Canada, some ten years ago. Its distribution has been entirely in 

 the British provinces. Of thirty-two correspondents only one reports 

 it from the United States (at Bozemau, Mont.), the others being dis- 

 tributed over Alberta, Assiniboia, British Columbia, Manitoba, Sas- 

 katchewan, New Brunswick, Xova Scotia, and Ontario. All of these 

 points seem to fall within the Transition, excepting those in British 

 Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, which latter localities are ap- 

 parently in the southern part of the Boreal zone. Large yields are 

 reported from these regions, and Mr. C. W. Drayton, at Fort Saskatch- 

 ewan, reports that it has been known there for eight years, and yields 

 40 bushels per acre. 



(10) SafiMtcheican Fife. — This Is reported from twenty-five points in 

 seven of the Northwestern States and at one point in Alberta. It is 

 grown in greatest amount in North and South Dakota, Minnesota, 

 Nebraska, Wyoming, and Montana, and evidently most successfully in 

 the Transition zone. It is reported from one locality in Alberta (Lewis- 

 ville), which seems to be within the Boreal. 



(11) Scotch Fife or Fife. — Correspondents report on this variety at 

 eighty points, mainly in the Transition zone, in Wisconsin, North and 

 South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, Ontario, Quebec, and 

 Nevv Brunswick. It is also reported in southern Manitoba and British 

 Columbia in the Transition, in Alberta at two points iu the Boreal, and 

 in Nebraska at four points and Iowa at three points iu the Upper 

 Austral. The main evidence, however, shows that it is bept suited to 

 the Transition. 



(12) Sonora. — Twenty-five persons report this variety from t' e follow- 

 ing seven States and Territories: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, 

 New Mexico, Oregon, and Utah. Sonora is one of the commonest 

 varieties of wheat cultivated in California, where it is extensively 

 grown in the Lower Austral. In Arizona, also, it is grown in the Lower 

 Austral, but elsewhere seems to be confined to the Upper Austral. (See 

 fig. 2, p. 16.) 



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