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Glyndon differs from Red Fife and Power principally in having longer and 

 laxer spikes. Spikes, glumes, and kernels of Glyndon wheat are shown in 

 Plate XXII, A. 



History. — This strain of Fife wheat dates from about 1891, when it was first 

 grown by the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station as No. 811, at the 

 Glyndon farm in western Minnesota. In the burning of the Glyndon station 

 buildings all records of its origin were lost. Without doubt, however, it is one 

 of the many samples of Red Fife wheat obtained from Minnesota farmers in 

 1888 and 1889. In 1892 the breeding of eight of the best varieties of wheat 

 which had been selected by the Minnesota station was begun by continuous 

 selection, known as the centgener system, by W. M. Hays, then at the North 

 Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. Four hundred selected kernels of 

 the eight varieties which had been grown at Glyndon, Clay County, in the 

 previous year were sown at Fargo, N. Dak., and a like number on the farm 

 belonging to J. B. Power & Sons, of Power, Richland County, N. Dak. Some 

 of these selections were from No. 811. All of the selections were grown at 

 Fargo again in 1893. From the 400 selected kernels, 31 plants having the 

 largest yield and of superior quality were chosen for seed the next season. In 

 1893, 100 to 400 kernels from each of these 31 plants were sown at Fargo in a 

 manner similar to the method used in 1892. In 1893, the best plant was chosen 

 from the progeny of each of the 31 plants above mentioned. One selection 

 made that year from No. 811 was accessioned as Minnesota No. 163. This 

 selection, with many others, was sown at the University Farm, St. Paul, Minn., 

 in 1894, in a small plat. In 1895 and 1896, 31 strains were tested at University 

 Farm, and 8 were selected and grown at other stations. Among them was Minne- 

 sota No. 163. After further testing, this strain was selected as the best of the 

 Fife types and seed was increased and distributed to farmers in 1898 (109, p. 

 105). It was first distributed as Minnesota No. 163, but in 1915 the name 

 Glyndon was assigned to it by the Minnesota station. 



Distribution. — Grown in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. It 

 is grown most in Minnesota, where it was once an important wheat. In recent 

 years, however, it has largely disappeared from culture. 



Synonyms. — Minnesota No. 163. As indicated above, this is the Minnesota 

 accession number which was used as a name for the variety from 1898, when it 

 was first distributed, until 1915, when it was named Glyndon. 



RYSTING. 



Description. — Rysting is a strain of Fife wheat apparently identical with 

 Glyndon. It has not yielded as well as Glyndon in some sections, while in 

 others it has done as well or better. 



History. — Rysting was selected, increased, and distributed about 1892 by Jens 

 Rysting, of Buxton, N. Dak. (39, p. 12). Mr. Rysting claimed that it was earlier 

 than the ordinary Red Fife. 



Distribution. — This strain is still grown in experiments at several stations in 

 the northern spring- wheat area and probably commercially in North Dakota. 

 Its commercial distribution, however, can not be separated from that reported 

 for other Fife wheats. 



Synonym. — Ry sting's Fife. 



WELLMAN (WELLMAN'S FIFE). 



Description. — Plant spring habit, midseason, midtall to tall; stem white, mid- 

 strong; spike awnless, linear-fusiform, lax (68 to 75 mm. per 10 nodes) in- 



