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History. — Challenge (Webb's Challenge White) is a selection from the 

 White Victoria wheat of England (133, p. 220) made by Mr. Webb, of the 

 Webb Seed Co., Wordsley, Stourbridge, England. The details of the intro- 

 duction of this variety into the United States are not known. 



Distribution. — Grown experimentally by the Oregon Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station. It is not known to be commercially grown in the United States. 



EATON. 



Description. — This variety is similar to both White Winter and Challenge, 

 differing only in having the spike slightly clavate rather than oblong. Spikes, 

 glumes, and kernels of Eaton wheat are shown in Plate IX, A. 



History. — The origin of Eaton wheat is undetermined. It is thought by the 

 writers to be an old variety of English origin. It has been grown by the 

 Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station since 1894. 



Distribution. — Grown in Idaho County, Idaho, and in Clackamas, Columbia, 

 and Multnomah Counties, Oreg. 



WHITE WONDER. 



Description. — Plant winter habit, midseason, midtall ; stem glaucous, white, 

 midstrong; spike awnless, short, oblong, middense to dense, inclined to nod- 

 ding; glumes glabrous, white, midlong, midwide ; shoulders narrow, oblique 

 to square; beaks wide, obtuse, 1 mm. long; apical awns several, 2 to 20 mm. 

 long ; kernels white, short, soft, oval to ovate ; germ small to midsized ; crease 

 midwide, middeep ; cheeks rounded ; brush midsized, midlong. 



This variety differs from Greeson principally in having spikes inclined or 

 nodding rather than erect and glumes with much narrower shoulders. 



History. — The origin of this variety is undetermined. A sample was ob- 

 tained from Clark Sprigg, of Walkersville, W. Va., who reported that it 

 made up 25 per cent of the wheat grown in his vicinity in Lewis County 

 in 1919. 



Distribution. — Grown in Lewis County, W. Va., and in Oneida County, N. Y. 



SATISFACTION (SMITH'S RUST PROOF). 



Description. — Plant winter habit, midseason, midtall; stem white, midstrong; 

 spike awnless, clavate, middense, inclined; glumes glabrous, white, midlong, 

 narrow to midwide ; shoulders narrow, oblique to square ; beaks wide, obtuse, 

 1.0 mm. long; apical avvns several, 5 to 15 mm. long; kernels white, short to 

 midlong, soft, oval to ovate ; tips often nearly truncate ; germ midsized ; crease 

 wide, middeep; cheeks angular; brush midsized, midlong. 



Satisfaction is distinct in having a clavate spike. A spike of it is shown 

 in Plate IV, Figure 3, and in Plate V, Figure 5. 



History. — The origin of Satisfaction is undetermined. It was grown by the 

 Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station at Wooster, Ohio, in 1904 (20 J/., p. 38). 

 A similar variety called Smith's Rust Proof was grown by the Ohio Agricultural 

 Experiment Station as early as 1895 (115, p. 22). 



Distribution. — Both Satisfaction and Smith's Rust Proof are grown at sev- 

 eral experiment stations in the eastern United States. Neither is definitely 

 known to be grown commercially, although Rust Proof was reported as a 

 variety grown in Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and 

 Texas. All samples obtained from these sources, however, proved to be other 

 varieties. 



Synonym. — Smith's Rust Proof. The origin of this variety or name is un- 

 determined. As indicated above, it is an older wheat than Satisfaction, and 

 the extent of its present commercial culture, if any, is uncertain. 



