CLASSIFICATION OF AMERICAN WHEAT VARIETIES. 



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for * Dick " Low's wheat. As the wheat became spread over that section of 

 Utah, it lost its personal connection with " Dick " Low and became known sim- 

 ply as Dicklow wheat. 



Distribution. — Grown in Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming. It is most 

 widely grown under irrigation in southern Idaho, where it was introduced in 

 1912 and 1913. The distribution is shown in Figure 23. 



Synonym, — Jim Holly. This name was used by some growers of Dicklow 

 wheat when the strain was first being distributed, but it has since largely gone 

 out of use. 



BOBS. 



Fig. 23.— Outline map of 

 the Pacific Northwest, 

 showing the distribution 

 of Dicklow wheat in 1919. 

 Estimated area, 164,600 

 acres. 



Description.— Plant spring habit, early, midtall; stem white, strong; spike 

 awnless, fusiform, middense, erect; glumes glabrous, white to yellowish, mid- 

 long, midwide ; shoulders Made, square ; beaks wide, acute, short, 0.3 mm. long, 

 sometimes nearly wanting ; apical awns wanting ; kernels white, usually short, 

 hard, oval to ovate, with truncate tip; germ mid- 

 sized; crease midwide to wide, middeep to deep; 

 cheeks angular, brush midsized, short. 



The Bobs variety is distinct in having no apical 

 awns and very short beaks. The kernels are hard 

 and have a distinctly short brush. It usually is a 

 comparatively low-yielding variety under favorable 

 conditions, but under conditions of drought often 

 will yield well in comparison with others. The flour 

 from it is very strong, exceeding in bread-making 

 value the other white-kerneled varieties grown in 

 the United States. A spike of Bobs wheat is shown 

 in Plate IV, Figure 1. 



History. — The Bobs variety was originated by 

 William Farrer, of New South Wales, Australia. It 

 is reported to be the result of a hybrid between a bar- 

 ley and a wheat. Such a cross was never obtained 

 by other workers and is now generally considered 

 to be impossible. Furthermore, the original progeny showed no trace of barley 

 characters. Considerable doubt, therefore, exists as to whether Mr. Farrer actu- 

 ally obtained a cross. The origin of Bobs as recorded in Australian literature 

 is as follows: 



Bobs was produced in 1896 as a result of mating a variety of barley, called 

 Nepaul or Bald Skinless barley, with a strain of Blount's Lambrigg wheat, 

 which, for record purposes, was called M. (F.), but which became known later 

 as Early Lambrigg. As the result of the artificial pollination effected, only one 

 shrivelled grain was produced. This was planted, and very little difficulty was 

 experienced in fixing a variety from it. Four years later the progeny of this 

 cross had become fixed and was named Bobs. 



This variety is really a hybrid and not a crossbred, for it is the result of mat- 

 ing two distinct species, viz, a wheat and a barley, together. A crossbred is the 

 result of mating two varieties of the same species together (188, p. 187). 



Distribution. — Grown by experiment stations in the Pacific Coast States and 

 commercially to a very small extent in San Luis Obispo and Monterey Coun- 

 ties, Calif. 



QUALITY. 



Description. — Plant spring habit, early, short to midtall ; stem white, strong ; 

 spike awnless, fusiform, middense, erect; glumes glabrous, yellowish white, 

 short, wide, easily shattered ; shoulders wide, oblique to square ; beaks wide, 

 acute, 0.5 mm. long; apical awns few, 3 to 10 mm. long; kernels white, short 



