CLASSIFICATION OF AMERICAN WHEAT VARIETIES. 



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Virginia Reel is a name used for Harvest Queen wheat in Douglas County, 

 Kans., where, according to H. A. Colles, of Sibley, Kans., it has been grown 

 for 20 years. 



PKOSPERITY (AMERICAN BRONZE). 



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

 green, white, strong, coarse; spike awnless, linear-oblong, broad, middense, 

 nodding; glumes glabrous, white, midlong, wide; shoulders wide, oblique to 

 square ; beaks wide, obtuse,, 1 mm. long ; apical awns few, 3 to 10 mm. long ; 

 kernels red, midlong, soft, ovate; germ midsized; crease wide, deep; cheeks 

 angular; brush midsized, midlong. 



This variety is marked by its broad, nodding spike and the very glaucous 

 appearance of the entire plant while immature. Plate XVI, B, shows spikes, 

 glumes, and kernels of this variety. 



History.— -It was originated by A. N. Jones, of Newark, Wayne County, N. Y. 

 Mr. Jones first called it No. 8, but later 

 named it American Bronze. 10 It was first 

 advertised and distributed in 1890 by 

 Peter Henderson & Co., seedsmen, of New 

 York City, and was said by them to be the 

 result of a cross between Martin Amber 

 and Fultz (110). The name Prosperity 

 came into use for the variety about 1895 

 (#7). The origin of this name is unde- 

 termined, but the variety is now grown 

 more widely as Prosperity than as Ameri- 

 can Bronze, and as the former is a more 

 desirable name it is here used. 



Distribution. — Grown as Prosperity in 

 Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and 

 Pennsylvania, and under its original name, 

 American Bronze, in Michigan, New York, 

 Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The distribution of this variety is shown in Figure 28. 



Synonyms. — Dutch, Hundred Mark, International No. 8, Invincible, Michi- 

 gan Red, No Name, No. 8, Red Victory, Silver Chaff, Twentieth Century, and 

 Zinn's Golden. The name Dutch is used for the variety in Cape Girardeau 

 and Scott Counties, Mo. In correspondence with the Office of Cereal Investiga- 

 tions, W. J. Meyer, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., stated : 



Dutch wheat was introduced into that county from Scott County, Mo., about 

 four or five years ago and is now more extensively grown than any other 

 variety, and is known also as " No-Name " wheat. 



Hundred Mark is a name used for the variety in Adams County, Ind., Hock- 

 ing and Holmes Counties, Ohio, Calhoun County, Mich., and Westmoreland 

 County, Pa. International No. 8 is the name under which the wheat was dis- 

 tributed by the International Seed Co., Rochester, N. Y. The variety is still 

 grown under this name in Cass County, Mich., and in several counties in New 

 York. Invincible is a name used as a synonym for American Bronze since 

 about 1895. The origin of the name is undetermined. It was reported in 1919 

 from Blair County, Pa. Michigan Red is a name used for the variety in Lorain 

 County, Ohio, for 10 years or more. No. 8 is the designation originally given 



Fig. 28. — Outline map of a portion of 

 the northeastern. United States, 

 showing the distribution of Pros- 

 perity wheat in 1919. Estimated 

 area, 46,000 acres. 



10 Printed letterheads of Mr. Jones. 



