164 BULLETIN 1074, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



History. — A sample of this wheat was first obtained by the United States 

 Department of Agriculture from a Mr. Ruppe, of Pendleton, Oreg., in 1900, 

 at which time the wheat evidently was a commercial variety in that vicinity. 

 Recent samples have been obtained from Hustis A. Miller, of Lexington, Morrow 

 County, Oreg., who states that it has been grown in that county since about 

 1906. Its previous history is undetermined. 



Synonym*. — Cox Red Crown. This name was used by Hyslop (126, p. 674) 

 in referring to the Cox variety. 



Distribution. — Cox wheat was reported in 1919 from Morrow and Umatilla 

 Counties, Oreg. 



YAROSLAV. 



Description. — Plant winter habit, late, midtall to tall; stem purple, midstrong, 

 slender ; spike awned, fusiform, middense, inclined to nodding ; glumes glabrous, 

 brown, sometimes striped with black, short, narrow; shoulders midwide, 

 usually rounded; beaks 1 to 3 mm. long; awns 3 to 7 cm. long, sometimes 

 black; kernels red, midlong, semihard to hard, narrowly ovate; germ small; 

 crease narrow to midwide, shallow to middeep ; cheeks usually rounded ; brush 

 small, midlong. 



Yaroslav somewhat resembles Turkey, but differs principally from it in having 

 brown glumes and softer kernels. 



History. — Yaroslav wheat was introduced into the United States in 1899 

 from Russia by M. A. Carleton (59, p. 20) for the United States Department 

 of Agriculture. This wheat was obtained in two localities in the Governments 

 of Yaroslav and St. Petersburg (197, S. P. I. Nos. 2791 and 2792.) It was re- 

 ported to have been very winter hardy in Russia, and it was introduced for 

 the object of replacing spring wheat in Iowa, northern Nebraska, and South 

 Dakota. The wheat evidently did not prove winter hardy in that section of 

 the United States. 



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

 ment Station at Fort Collins, Colo. It is not known to be commercially grown, 

 except as occasional mixtures in Turkey and other Crimean wheats. 



HUEON. 



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

 midstrong ; spike awned, fusiform, middense, inclined ; glumes glabrous, brown, 

 short, narrow ; shoulders midwide, oblique to square ; beaks 1 to 3 mm. long ; 

 awns 3 to 8 cm. long ; kernels red, usually short, semihard to hard, ovate, acute ; 

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

 rounded ; brush small, short to midlong. 



History. — Huron wheat resulted from the progeny of a cross made in 1888 

 between White Fife and Ladoga, at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, 

 Canada. The cross was made by A. C. Saunders under the direction of his 

 father, Dr. William Saunders, Dominion cerealist (50, p. 149). The Huron 

 variety was first entered in the varietal experiments at Indian Head, Saskatche- 

 wan, in 1894. 



Distribution. — Grown in experiments in North Dakota, South Dakota, and 

 Montana. It is not known to be commercially grown in the United States, but 

 is grown to a small extent in the Prairie Provinces of Canada. 



NORKA. 



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

 midstrong ; spike awned, fusiform, middense, inclined ; glumes glabrous, brown, 



