18 GEOGRAPHIC DTSTEIBUTION OF CEREALS. 



(13) Red Fife. — Seveuty-three correspondents represent this variety 

 as mainly grown in the British provinces in the Transition zone. It 

 was reported by only seven observers in the United States, two in 

 Minnesota, three in Montana, oue in Korth Dakota, and one in South 

 Dakota. The points in South Dakota and Montana seem to approach 

 the Upper Austral. In British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan 

 Eed Fife seems to do well in the Boreal region. Its most extensive 

 and successful culture, however, is in the Transition zone. (See fig. 2, 

 p. 16.) 



OATS. 



All of the oats reported upon belong to the species Avena sativa, 

 or the common oat. The seven varieties listed may be divided into 

 two general classes, and these into minor groups with individual 

 peculiarities, as follows : 



Groups and Varieties. 



(a) OPEN I'ANICLK OATS. (h) CLOSED PANICLE OATS. 



Long, yelloiinsh-white seed. Yellowish white seed. 



(1) American Banner. (6) White Russian. 



(2) Lincoln. 



Brownish or black seed. 

 (7) Black Tartarian. 



Short, yelloifish-white seed. 



(3) Welcome. 



Long, hrownish or dun colored seed, 



(4) Burt. 



(5) Red Rust Proof. 



NOTES ON THE GROUPS AND VARIETIES. 



The above-named varieties are found growing most successfully 

 within certain zones, as shown below : 



(a) OPEN PANICLE OATS. 



(1) American Banner or Banner.— Qua of the best-known varieties 

 grown in the Canadian provinces. Reports were received from eighty 

 persons, seventy six being from Canada, two from Idaho, one from 

 Washington, and one from Nebraska. The reports from the United 

 States are in the Upper Austral, but from Canada mainly in the 

 Transition zone. There are two exceptions, however; in southern 

 Ontario this oat reaches the Upper Austral, while in Saskatchewan, 

 Alberta, and British Columbia it succeeds in the Boreal zone, 60 and 

 70 bushels per acre being reported from Fort Saskatchewan and Innis- 

 fail, and good yields in the other regions. The notes from western 

 Nebraska are not entirely satisfactory, for while this oat is reported 



