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called Red or California was obtained in 1919 from Warren County, Tenn., 

 where it had been grown for at least 30 years. Gill is a name used for Poole 

 by many growers in Kentucky. 



Harvest King was distributed by J. A. Everitt & Co., (89, p. 4-7) seedsmen, 

 of Indianapolis, Ind., from 1894 to about 1900. There is no information regard- 

 ing the origin of the variety, and it probably is only a lot of seed of the Poole 

 variety renamed by the Everitt Seed Co., as such renaming was a common 

 practice of that firm. As the wheat was widely advertised under this name, 

 it is now grown nearly as widely under the name Harvest King as under the 

 name Poole itself. It was reported grown in Arkansas, Delaware, Illinois, 

 Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New York, North 

 Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. 



Hedge Prolific, a wheat apparently identical with Poole, but of undetermined 

 origin, was grown by the Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station as early 

 as 1884 (135, p. 4). It is not known to be commercially grown now. 



Hundred Mark is the name used for Poole in Hocking County, Ohio, for 

 22 years or more. The same name is sometimes used for the Prosperity variety 

 in Indiana. Hydro Prolific is the name under which a sample of Poole was 

 obtained from Rosedale, Ind. Mortgage Lifter is a local name applied to Poole 

 wheat in Pennsylvania. Nissley (originally Nissley's Hybrid) is an old name 

 for a wheat apparently identical with Poole. It has been grown at the Arling- 

 ton Experimental Farm, Va., since 1913. As far as known it is not now com- 

 mercially grown. 



Oregon Red Chaff is a name used for Poole in Illinois. Red Amber is a name 

 used for Poole in Pennsylvania. Red Chaff is a common synonym of Poole 

 because of its brown glumes. Red Fultz is a name often but wrongly applied 

 to Poole wheat in Indiana, Ohio, and Kansas. Red King and Winter King are 

 confusions of the name Harvest King, a synonym of Poole. A sample of Winter 

 King was obtained from Mulberry, Ind., in 1919. 



Red Russell is a synonym for Poole in Michigan. Royal Red Clawson is ap- 

 parently identical with Poole, but of undetermined origin. It is known to have 

 been grown commercially in New York several years ago, but probably has now 

 disappeared from cultivation. Sweet Water Valley is the name under which a 

 sample of Poole was obtained from Greene County, Tenn. Wagner is a name 

 used for Poole in Indiana. 



Description. — This variety is similar to Poole except in having a stiffer straw 

 and a higher yield and quality. 



History. — Portage is a pure-line selection of Poole developed at the Ohio Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station. It is recommended by the Ohio station as a high- 

 yielding wheat superior to Poole for milling and bread making (205, p. 478-481) . 



Distribution. — Grown in New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. 



EUSSIAN RED. 



Description. — Russian Red differs slightly from Poole in having more per- 

 sistent glumes which have more triangular shoulders and longer beaks. 



History. — This variety usually is grown under the name " Red Russian," but 

 as other varieties are known by this name it is here designated as Russian Red. 

 The following history of Red Russian wheat was reported by E. H. Collins, who 

 was offering the seed for sale in 1898 : 



In answers to questions, allow me to say that the Red Russian wheat I adver- 

 tise in the Farmer was selected by an agent sent by the American Seed Co., 



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