24 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



5636. Triticum yulgare. Wheat. 



From Altonau, near Melitopol, in northern Taurida. Received through Mr. 

 M. A. Carleton, December 12, 1900. 



" Similar to No. 5635, but from a rather colder latitude and not ripening quite so 

 early. Adaptation like No. 5635." (Carhton.) 



5637. Triticum yulgare. Wheat. 



From Altonau, near Melitopol, in northern Taurida. Eeceived through Mr. 

 M. A. Carleton, December 12, 1900. 



Girka winter wheat. "A beardless variety, soft-grained, but very hardv. Adapta- 

 tion like No. 5635. ' ' ( Carleton. ) 



5638. Triticum yulgare. Wheat. 



From Constantinovskol, 40 miles east of Stavropol, in north Caucasus. Received 

 through Mr. M. A. Carleton, December 12, 1900. 



Ulta. "A hard, red-grained, bearded, winter variety, very resistant to cold and 

 drought. Adapted for trial as a winter wheat in Iowa, Nebraska, and the southern 

 portions of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and South Dakota, and eastern Colorado. An 

 excellent variety for all of Kansas and northern portions of Missouri and Oklahoma." 

 (Carleton.) 



5639. Triticum durum. Wheat. 



From Uralsk Territory, Russia. Received through Mr. M. A. Carleton, Decem- 

 ber 12, 1900. 



Kubanka. ' ' One of the best macaroni wheats known. Sown in the spring. Admir- 

 ably adapted for growing in the semiarid regions, between the one hundredth meri- 

 dian and the Rocky Mountains, and North Dakota to Texas, and also in New Mexico, 

 Arizona, Utah, eastern Oregon, and the Palouse country." (Carleton.) 



5640. Triticum yulgare. Wheat. 



From Padi, Saratov, Russia. Received through Mr. M. A. Carleton, Decem- 

 ber 12, 1900. 



Padi. "A beardless, soft, or semihard winter wheat. Adapted to all the north- 

 ern winter wheat States, from New York to Kansas and southward to the thirty -fifth 

 parallel. ' ' ( Carleton. ) 



5641. Triticum yulgare. Wheat. 



From Starobelsk, Kharkof, Russia. Received through Mr. M. A. Carleton, 

 December 12, 1900. 



Kharkof. "A bearded, hard, red, winter wheat, similar to No. 5635, but coming 

 from a region much farther north and therefore extremely hardy. Especially resist- 

 ant to piercing, dry, winter winds, where there is little snowfall. Admirably adapted 

 for trial as a winter wheat in Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa, northern Nebraska, 

 Wisconsin, and perhaps southern North Dakota." (Carleton.) 



5642. Triticum durum. Wheat. 



From Ambrocievka, 20 miles northeast of Taganrog, in the Don Territory, Russia. 

 Received through Mr. M. A. Carleton, December 12, 1900. 



Yelloir Gharnovka. "A macaroni wheat similar to No. 5643, but having yellow 

 grains. Sown in the spring. Adapted for trial in the most arid portions of the 

 United States. ' ' ( Carleton. ) 



5643. Triticum durum. Wheat. 



From Ambrocievka, 20 miles northeast of Taganrog, in the Don Territory, Russia. 

 Received through Mr. M. A. Carleton, December 12, 1900. 



Gharnovka. "The best macaroni wheat from the vicinity of Taganrog. Sown 

 in the spring. Adapted for trial in the most arid portions of the United States." 

 ( Carleton. ) 



