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of red and white kernels, the greater part being red. The name Chul, therefore, 

 has been continued for the red-kerneled portion. The white-kerneled types are 

 identical with Talimka. Both types have been grown separately at experiment 

 stations, but a part of the original introduction, which consisted of 100 pounds, 

 was distributed to farmers. The wheat grown commercially under this name, 

 therefore, is mostly a mixture of Chul and Talimka. 



Distribution. — Chul was reported in 1919 from Lake, Siskiyou, and Yolo 

 Counties, Calif., and Clark County, Nev. 



Synonyms.— Aulieata, Idaho Hard, and Yantagbay. Aulieata (197, S. P. I. 

 No. 9794) is a wheat identical with Chul introduced from Tashkent, Russian 

 Central Asia, by E. A. Bessey, for the United States Department of Agriculture 

 in 1903. Idaho Hard is a name reported for Chul from Siskiyou County, 

 Calif. Yantagbay (197, S. P. I. No. 9791) is another wheat identical with Chul, 

 which has the same history as Aulieata. 



LINK (MISSING LINK). 



Description. — Plant winter habit, late, tall ; stem white, strong ; spike awned, 

 fusiform, middense, inclined ; glumes glabrous, brown, midlong, midwide ; shoul- 

 ders midwide, oblique to square ; beaks 2 to 10 mm. long ; awns 3 to 7 cm. long ; 

 kernels white, midlong, soft, ovate ; germ midsized ; crease narrow to midwide, 

 shallow to middeep ; cheeks rounded ; brush midsized, midlong to long. 



History. — The origin of Link is undetermined. It was obtained as Missing 

 Link by the United States Department of Agriculture from the Indiana Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station in 1912, which in turn obtained it from Jonas Gibson, 

 Oakville, Ind., in 1911. 



Distribution. — Grown at several experiment stations in the eastern United 

 States and possibly commercially in Indiana, although it was not reported on the 

 varietal survey. 



EMERALD (EAELY SPEING) . 



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

 weak; spike awned, fusiform, middense, inclined; glumes glabrous, yellowish 

 brown, midlong, midwide ; shoulders midwide, usually oblique ; beaks 1 to 3 

 mm. long; awns 3 to 7 cm. long; kernels white, midlong, soft to semihard, 

 ovate; germ midsized; crease narrow to midwide, shallow; cheeks usually 

 angular ; brush midsized, short. 



History. — This variety was obtained by the Nebraska Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, Lincoln, Nebr., in 1913, from C. N. Schmale, a farmer living near 

 Emerald, Nebr., as Early Spring wheat. Its previous history is undetermined 

 and it is here named Emerald. 



Distribution. — This variety has been grown in experiments in the State 

 of Nebraska and has probably continued as a commercial wheat in that State, 

 although to what extent is not known. No wheat was reported as Early Spring 

 from Nebraska in 1919, but some white spring wheat is known to be grown in 

 that State and this may be one of the varieties. 



GENESEE GIANT (EAELY GENESEE GIANT). 



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

 stout; spike awned, clavate, dense, erect; glumes glabrous, brown, midlong, 

 wide ; shoulders narrow, usually rounded ; beaks 2 to 20 mm. long ; awns, 3 to 

 7 cm. long ; kernels white, short, soft to semihard, oval ; germ midsized ; crease 

 midwide, middeep ; cheeks usually rounded ; brush midsized, midlong ; kernels 

 produced in upper end of spikes resemble club wheat. 



