CLASSIFICATION OF AMERICAN WHEAT VARIETIES. 85 



in Indiana and Ohio. Improved English is a name used for a variety similar 

 to Fultz, in Cheatham County, Tenn., where it is said to have been grown 

 for 25 years and to constitute 10 per cent of the wheat crop in the vicinity 

 of Pleasant View. Improved Fultz is a name used for the Fultz variety 

 by Everitt's O. K. Seed Store, Indianapolis, Ind., and the variety was so re- 

 ported from Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky. Jersey Fultzi is a name used for 

 Fultzi wheat in Kentucky and is thought to be only the Fultz variety grown 

 from seed originally from New Jersey. Little Red Jersey is a name used for 

 Fultz in Tennessee. McKennon is a name reported for Fultz wheat in Henry 

 County, Tenn., where it has been grown for 15 to 20 years. Nixon is 

 a name under which samples of wheat similar to Fultz have been obtained from 

 the Cornell University, Indiana, and Ohio Agricultural Experiment Stations. 

 The origin of the name is undetermined, and the name was not reported in 

 the varietal survey. Rust Proof is used for a wheat similar to Fultz in 

 York County, S. C, where it has been grown in the vicinity of Clover for 

 three years. The name is reported for other varieties in other localities. 

 Shamrock is used as a name for Fulta wheat in Preble County, Ohio, where 

 it has been grown for eight years near Eldorado. Slickhead is used as a 

 name for Fultz wheat in Graves County, Ky. Tennessee Fultz is 

 still another name used for Fultz wheat by Everitt's O. K. Store, Indianapolis, 

 Ind., because they obtained their stock of seed from a valley in the high moun- 

 tains of eastern Tennessee. It was reported from Indiana and Missouri. Tip- 

 ton Red is a wheat very similar to Fultz grown in Jefferson County, Ind. 

 One sample differed from Fultzi in being a little later and in having a broader 

 spike. Winter Pearl is a local name for Fultz wheat in Georgia. 



ASHLAND. 



Description. — According to the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station 

 (32), "Ashland is very similar in character to ordinary Fultz. It has the 

 good milling qualities of Fultz, and in addition yields better, with better straw, 

 and is fairly resistant to scab and other diseases." 



History. — This variety was developed as a pure-line selection of Fultz at 

 the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station, Lexington, Ky., and was dis- 

 tributed to farmers in 1919 and 1920. 



Distribution. — Grown to a limited extent in Kentucky in 1920. 



TRUMBULL. 



Description. — Trumbull differs from Fultz in being taller and in having a 

 stronger and less purple straw and more erect spikes. 



History. — Trumbull is a pure-line selection of Fultz, which was developed at 

 the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster, Ohio. The selection was 

 grown at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station as early as 1908. After 

 eight years of experiments with the variety at Wooster, Prof. C. G. Williams 

 wrote as follows regarding it : 



The other new introduction is the Trumbull, a pure-line selection of the 

 Fultz. Wherever the Fultz wheat is found satisfactory, the Trumbull should 

 succeed. It may be expected to yield 2 to 4 bushels per acre more than the 

 Fultz. It possesses the quality of all pure lines — greater uniformity than the 

 bulk seed, is fair in bread making, and among the good ones in stiffness of 

 straw (205, p. 466). 



Distribution. — Grown in Crawford, Monroe, and Pickaway Counties, Ohio. 



FULTZO-MEDITERRANEAN. 



Description. — Plant winter habit, midseason, midtall ; stem purple, strong; 

 spike awnless, clavate, dense, erect ; glumes glabrous, white, midlong, midwide, 



