CLASSIFICATION OF AMERICAN WHEAT VARIETIES. 109 



Another early name for the variety is Hartzel. John D. Daley, of Clinton, 

 Ohio, in correspondence with the Office of Cereal Investigations, in 1919, states 

 that this wheat "was selected out of some wheat grown by Joe Hartzel, of 

 Barberton, Ohio, about 18 years ago." 



A wheat under the name Rupert's Giant probably was first advertised by 

 J. M. Thorburn & Co., seedsmen, of New York City (191), but this was described 

 as " a red, bearded wheat, long stem, strong growing, resists the Hessian fly 

 best." Rupert's Giant, grown by the writers from samples obtained from the 

 Cornell University (N. Y.) Agricultural Experiment Station in 1913 and 1917, 

 is awnless and is as described above. 



Distribution. — Grown in Dickinson County, Kans., and under the synonyms 

 in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee. The variety was grown in New 

 York several years ago, but has now probably gone out of cultivation in that 

 State. 



Synonyms. — Gold Medal, Hartzel, Haskell, Red Hassel, Red Haskell, Ruck, 

 and Woods. 



Gold Medal is the name used for the variety grown in the vicinity of Morley, 

 Mecosta County, Mich. Hartzel, Haskell, Red Hassel, and Red Haskell are 

 names used by growers in Ohio. E. F. Cranz, of Ira, Ohio, wrote the Office of 

 Cereal Investigations in 1919 concerning Red Haskell as follows : 



I think it is safe to say that one-half the acreage in Summit County this year 

 is of that variety. It has been grown here about 8 or 10 years and became very 

 popular soon after it was introduced. 



Ruck is the name under which a sample of this variety was obtained at Dennis, 

 Lawrence County, Ky. Woods, as indicated above, is the name under which the 

 variety is grown in Blount County, Tenn. 



RURAL NEW YORKER NO. 6. 



Description. — Plant winter habit, early, short; stem white, stout, midstrong; 

 spike awnless, clavate, dense, erect to inclined; glumes glabrous, brown, mid- 

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

 1 mm. long ; apical awns few, 5 to 20 mm. long ; kernels red, small to midlong, 

 soft, ovate, and broad across basal end ; germ midsized ; crease midwide, mid- 

 deep ; cheeks rounded ; brush midsized, midlong. 



This variety is distinguished by its dense, clavate spike. Spikes, glumes, and 

 kernels of this variety are shown in Plate XXVII, B. 



History. — This variety is reported to have been originated by crossing wheat 

 and rye. The cross was made by Elbert S. Carman, editor of the Rural New 

 Yorker, in the season of 1883 (23). The Martin variety, known also as Arm- 

 strong and Landreth, was the mother parent of the cross. Seed of the variety 

 was first offered for sale by Peter Henderson & Co. (110), seedsmen, of New 

 York City, in 1894. Leighty (139, p. 426), in reviewing Mr. Carman's wheat- 

 rye hybrids, gives the following conclusions regarding Rural New Yorker No. 6 : 



From this description, and from a statement made elsewhere concerning its 

 origin, it seems that No. 6 is actually descended from the true wheat-rye hybrid 

 obtained in 1883. It is noteworthy for the fact, since it is the only variety intro- 

 duced by Mr. Carman, whose record, so far as determined by the writer, clearly 

 indicated such origin. 



Distribution. — Possibly grown as No. 6 in Michigan, New York, and Ohio. 

 Its distribution has become so confused with Goldcoin, which also is called 

 No. 6, that no definite distribution can be given. 



Synonyms. — Burtaker, No. 6, Red Hussar, and Twentieth Century. Burtaker 

 is the name under which the variety has been grown in Cheboygan County, 

 Mich., for the past 8 years. * No. 6 is an abbreviation of the full name, and 



