CLASSIFICATION OF AMERICAN WHEAT VARIETIES. 



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sippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Okla- 

 homa, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Vir- 

 ginia. This distribution is shown in Figure 65. 



Synonyms. — Acme, Bluestem, Farmers Trust, Great Western, Key's Prolific, 

 Lancaster Red, Lehigh, Miller, Miller's Pride, Missouri Bluestem, Mortgage 

 Lifter, Red Chaff, Red Sea, Red Top, Rocky Mountain, Standby, and Swamp. 



Acme is a name reported for Mediterranean wheat from Pennsylvania. 

 Bluestem is a name commonly used by farmers in the eastern United States 

 for Mediterranean, as well as for several other wheat varieties. Farmers 

 Trust is a name which has been used in the central United States for Mediter- 

 ranean wheat during the last 15 or 20 years. It was reported from Arkansas, 

 Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Great Western was reported 

 from Virginia for Mediterranean. Key's Prolific is a name used for Mediter- 

 ranean in Harford 

 County, Md. Lehigh is 

 a name which has been 

 used for Mediterranean 

 wheat for about 20 

 years, but which evi- 

 dently is no longer used 

 by growers. It is still 

 grown under this name 

 by some experiment sta- 

 tions. Lancaster Red 

 was reported by Dietz 

 in 1869 (6, p. 178) as 

 " a variety of the Red 

 Chaff Bearded Med- 

 iterranean. It was ob- 

 tained by selecting from 

 the field in Lancaster 

 County, Pa." 



Miller is a name used 

 for Mediterranean in 

 Frederick County, Md. 

 Miller's Pride is the 

 name under which several samples of Mediterranean wheat have been 

 received from the Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station. Its previous 

 history is not determined. It was reported from Berks County, Pa. Missouri 

 Bluestem is the name under which a wheat similar to Mediterranean, except 

 for slightly shorter spikes, has been grown at the Arlington Experimental Farm, 

 Va., and College Park, Md., for a number of years. The original seed was 

 obtained from Stamford, Conn., in 1899. It is not known to be commercially 

 grown. Mortgage Lifter is a name used for Mediterranean in Center County, 

 Pa. Red Chaff is a name commonly used for Mediterranean as well as several 

 other varieties of wheat. The distribution of Mediterranean under the name 

 Red Chaff, therefore, can not be definitely determined. Red Sea is a name 

 long used for Mediterranean wheat. How and when its use became established 

 is not known. It was reported in 1919 from Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Mis- 

 souri, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Texas. Red Top is a name 

 used for Mediterranean in Oklahoma. 



Rocky Mountain is the name under which a wheat identical with Mediter- 

 ranean, except for a slightly shorter spike, has been grown at the Federal and 



Fig. 65. — Outline map of the eastern United States, show- 

 ing the distribution of Mediterranean wheat in 1919. 

 Estimated area, 2„558,900 acres. 



