CLASSIFICATION OF AMERICAN WHEAT VARIETIES. 121 



Synonym. — Hansen. As stated above, Hansen is the name of the man who 

 is said to have originated Silvercoin wheat. The variety is still known as 

 Hansen by some growers in Cache County, Utah. 



JUMBUCK. 



Description. — Plant spring habit, midseason, midtall; stem white, strong; 

 spike awnless, oblong-fusiform, middense, erect; glumes pubescent, white, mid- 

 long, midwide to wide ; shoulders wide, usually square ; beaks midwide, acute, 

 0.5 to 1 mm. long ; apical awns few, 3 to 20 mm. long ; kernels white, short to 

 midlong, semihard to hard, ovate ; germ midsized ; crease midwide, middeep to 

 deep; cheeks rounded; brush midsized, midlong. 



History. — Jumbuck is one of William Farrer's Australian varieties, produced 

 by hybridization. Its origin has been recorded as follows : 



Jumbuck was produced as the result of crossing Improved Fife by Tardent's 

 Blue, and then mating the progeny with Lambrigg Australian Talavera. Its 

 pedigree is — 



Improved Fife X Tardent's Blue. 



Unnamed X Lambrigg Australian Talavera. 



Jumbuck. 



It received its name " Jumbuck " (a country name for a sheep) because of the 

 woolly appearance of its chaff (188, p. 284.) 



This variety was introduced into the United States about 1911 from New 

 South Wales by the California Agricultural Experiment Station. 



Distribution. — Grown in experiments by the California Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station and said to be commercially grown to a small extent in California. 



INDIAN. 



Description. — Plant spring habit, early, short; stem white, weak to mid- 

 strong; spike awnless, oblong, dense, erect; glumes pubescent, white, midlong, 

 midwide, easily shattered ; shoulders narrow, oblique to elevated ; beaks nar- 

 row, acuminate, 1 to 3 mm. long ; apical awns several, 3 to 5 mm. long ; kernels 

 white, short, soft, ovate to oval ; germ small ; crease midwide, shallow ; cheeks 

 usually rounded; brush small, short. 



Indian differs from Sonora only in having white instead of brown glumes. 



History. — The origin of Indian wheat is not definitely known. It probably 

 is the result of a natural field hybrid between Sonora and some other variety. 

 It is a common mixture in the Sonora variety, although it has been separated 

 and grown by itself for many years. George L. Little, jr., of Morgan, Morgan 

 County, Utah, reported in 1917 that the origin of the variety was not known, 

 but that it had been grown in his county for 40 or 50 years. 



Distribution. — Grown to a limited extent in Arizona and in Summit and 

 Morgan Counties, Utah. 



TRIPLET. 



Description. — Plant winter habit, midseason, midtall ; stem white, midstrong ; 

 spike awnless, oblong-fusiform, middense, inclined ; glumes pubescent, white, 

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

 0.5 to 1 mm. long ; apical awns few, 3 to 8 mm. long, sometimes' incurved through- 

 out spike ; kernels red, short to midlong, semihard, ovate ; germ small ; crease 

 narrow to midwide, shallow ; cheeks rounded ; brush small, midlong. 



