CLASSIFICATION OF AMERICAN WHEAT VARIETIES. 139 



History. — This variety was first obtained by the United States Department 

 of Agriculture in 1904 from the 101 Ranch, Bliss, Okla. The wheat was dis- 

 tributed by the David Hardie Seed Co., Dallas, Tex., in the early nineties. In 

 experiments at the Maryland Agricultural College, College Park, Md., it is the 

 highest yielding of the many varieties tested at that point, and has been dis- 

 tributed from that station and from Arlington Experimental Farm, Va. 



Distribution.— Grown in Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, and Virginia. 



DIAMOND GRIT. 



Description. — Plant winter habit, midseason, short to midtall; stem purple, 

 midstrong, coarse; spike awned, oblong to clavate, middense, inclined; glumes 

 glabrous, white, short, midwide to wide ; shoulders midwide, oblique to square ; 

 beaks 2 to 15 mm. long; awns 3 to 6 cm. long; kernels red, short to midlong, 

 soft to semihard, usually oval, humped ; germ midsized ; crease midwide to 

 wide, middeep ; cheeks angular ; brush midsized, midlong. 



This variety is distinguished by its clavate spike and short, oval, semihard 

 kernels. 



History. — As recorded by Carleton (58, p. 72), "Diamond Grit is a direct 

 cross of Jones Winter Fife and Early Genesee Giant, and is a bearded, white 

 chaffed, semihard, red-grained variety." 



The cross was made by A. N. Jones, of Newark, Wayne County, N. Y. 

 On Mr. Jones's stationery it is listed as a variety of wheat which he originated 

 in 1896. 



The variety was advertised and distributed by Peter Henderson & Co., seeds- 

 men, of New York City, in 1897. 



Distribution. — This wheat is not known to be grown commercially at the 

 present time. It is still included in' experiments, however, at several stations 

 in the eastern United States. 



Synonym. — Winter Saskatchewan. This name has been used as a synonym 

 for Diamond Grit in advertisements of the variety. 



GOLDEN CROSS. 



Description. — This variety is similar to Diamond Grit except in having a 

 shorter culm, shorter, more erect and more clavate spike, and a larger kernel. 

 A spike, glumes, and kernels of Golden Cross are shown in Plate XXXVIII, B. 



History. — This wheat was originated by A. N. Jones, of Newark, N. Y., in 

 1886. According to Mr. Jones's stationery, it was the first wheat which he 

 produced. Peter Henderson & Co. (110) advertised and distributed this va- 

 riety in 1888, claiming it to be a cross between Mediterranean and Clawson. 

 The sample grown by the writers was obtained from the farm of Max Berg, 

 near Beaverton, Washington County, Oreg., in the summer of 1916. 



Distribution. — Reported in 1919 from Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio. It 

 probably still is grown in Oregon also. Other varieties of wheat sometimes are 

 called Golden Cross. 



CHAMPLAIN (PRINGLE'S CHAMPLAIN) . 



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

 awned, fusiform, middense, erect ; glumes glabrous, yellowish white, midlong 

 to long, midwide; shoulders narrow to midwide, oblique to square; beaks 1 to 

 5 mm. long ; awns, 2 to 7 cm. long ; kernels red, short to midlong, usually semi- 

 hard,, ovate; germ midsized; crease midwide, middeep; cheeks angular; brush 

 midsized, midlong to long, collared. 



