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The earliest record of this wheat is simply under the name " Dietz." It was 

 first included in the varietal experiments of the Ohio station in 1884. The same 

 wheat, however, apparently soon came to be called Dietz Longberry (22, p. 591), 

 and was later known as Dietz Longberry Red (57, p. 18). The true origin of 

 Dietz Longberry and Fulcaster is somewhat obscure. The former has the ear- 

 lier published history. However, according to N. Schmitz. formerly of the 

 Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station, Mr. Schindel claimed that Mr. 

 Dietz merely gave the name Dietz Longberry to his Fulcaster wheat. Dietz or 

 Dietz Longberry was reported in 1919 from Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Ken- 

 tucky, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ten- 

 nessee, and Virginia. Some of the wheat reported as Dietz evidently was 

 Mediterranean, as the name Dietz-Mediterranean is a synonym for that variety. 



Ebersole and Eversole are names used for Fulcaster in Pennsylvania and Ten- 

 nessee. Egyptian Amber is the name of a wheat very similar to Fulcaster ob- 

 tained by the Department from the Indiana station through the Cornell Uni- 

 versity station in 1912. It was reported in 1919 from Indiana. Farmers Friend 

 is the name used for Fulcaster in Montgomery County, Kans. This name also 

 is used for other varieties. Georgia Red is the name under which Fulcaster 

 wheat has been distributed by H. G. Hastings & Co., seedsmen, of Atlanta, Ga. 

 The name Georgia Red is used in the South also for the awnless wheat Purple- 

 straw. Golden Chaff is the name under which a sample of Fulcaster was 

 obtained from Bethelridge, Ky. Golden King is the name under which a sample 

 of Fulcaster was obtained from Pennsylvania. Greening is a local name used for 

 Fulcaster in Michigan. Ironclad is a name sometimes applied to Fulcaster, 

 although it is most commonly used as a synonym for the Gipsy or Turkey 

 varieties. 



Kentucky Giant is a local name for Fulcaster in Illinois. Lancaster is a name 

 often wrongly applied to Fulcaster wheat. It was reported in 1919 from 14 

 States, but only occasionally under the same description as Fulcaster. 

 Lancaster-Fulcaster is a name of Pennsylvania origin applied by A. H. Hoff- 

 man, seedsman, of Landisville, Pa., to Fulcaster wheat grown in Lancaster 

 County, Pa. All the samples of wheat obtained under this name have been 

 Fulcaster. Lincoln is a name used for Fulcaster wheat in Tennessee. Martha 

 Washington is a local name for Fulcaster in Michigan. Michigan Red Line 

 is the name under which a sample of Fulcaster was obtained from Golden 

 City, Mo. Moore's Prolific is the name under which the Fulcaster wheat 

 was obtained from Athens, Tenn. Number 10 is a name used for Fulcaster 

 in Kentucky. Price's Wonder is the name of a wheat identical with Fulcaster, 

 which was distributed for the first time in 1913 by A. H. Hoffman, seedsman, 

 of Landisville, Pa., who gives its origin as follows {117, p. 10, 1916) : 



Price's Wonder was originated by Prof. R. H. Price, of Virginia, who worked 

 with it five years, during which it yielded one-third more wheat than other 

 kinds of wheat growing near it under like conditions. 



Price's Wonder was reported in 1919 from New Jersey, New York, and 

 Pennsylvania. Red Wonder is the name under which Fulcaster wheat has 

 been distributed by T. W. Wood & Sons, seedsmen, of Richmond, Va., since 

 about 1903. The name, however, was recorded for a wheat of unknown char- 

 acter as early as 1892 (177). Red Wonder was reported in 1919 from Connecti- 

 cut, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, 

 Virginia, and West Virginia, and doubtless is grown in other States. 



