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Sherman (C. I. No. 4430) is a recently named strain selected by 
J. Allen Clark from a plat of Turkey wheat at Moccasin, Mont., in 
1915. It is similar to Turkey except that it is slightly earlier and 
taller, has lighter green leaves, the spikes are larger, and the kernels 
shatter more easily. When grown at Moro this variety appears to be 
about equal in yield and quality to Turkey, and if later tests confirm 
these results it can profitably replace Turkey and Kharkof because 
seed treatment will not be necessary. 
HARD RED WINTER SELECTIONS 
Several of the most resistant of these selections (Table 8) are typical 
Turkey in all characters except bunt resistance. Sherman (C. I. 
4430), previously described, is one of the most promising of these 
selections. Other noteworthy selections are Nos. 1558-A, 7367 
(1558-B), 7363 (1571-C), and 7366 (3055-A), all of which were pure- 
line selections made at the Moro station by Carleton R. Ball. Selec- 
tion Nos. 2576-A and 2903-5 were made at the Amarillo Cereal Field 
Station, Amarillo, Tex., the former by J. Allen Clark and the latter 
by Louis Wermelskirchen. Selections of this character promise to re- 
place the ordinary Turkey and Kharkof wheats in sections where bunt 
is a serious menace, because they can be sown without seed treatment. 
Ridit (C. I. No. 6703; Washington No. 2324) is a selection from a 
hybrid between Turkey and Florence made by E. F. Gaines at the 
Washington Agricultural Experiment Station. It is an awnless hard 
red winter wheat with, glabrous white glumes. It is the most promis- 
ing of several selections from the above hybrids which were tested for 
yield and bunt resistance. It has shown only a trace of bunt in these 
experiments, and its yields in nursery trials at Pullman also are high. 
SOFT RED WINTER WHEATS 
Banner Berkeley (C. I. No. 7362) is the result of a hybrid made in 
1912 at the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station between 
Goldcoin (American Banner) and Turkey (Berkeley). It is a winter 
wheat having awnless spikes, glabrous white glumes, and soft red 
kernels. It proved markedly resistant to bunt, and selections made 
from it by H. M. Woolman appear to be immune. It has given rather 
low yields in limited experiments. 
WHITE WHEATS 
The Florence variety was originated by the late William Farrer, of 
New South Wales, Australia, by complex crosses involving the White 
Naples, Improved Fife, and Eden varieties. It was developed for its 
resistance to bunt and was first distributed in Australia about 1907. 
Florence is a spring wheat having awnless spikes with glabrous white 
glumes and rather hard white kernels. It is very resistant to bunt 
but has not proved well adapted in this country. Its value in hybridi- 
zation is indicated by the highly resistant and immune strains (Table 
8) isolated from crosses between Florence and Turkey by the Wash- 
ington Agricultural Experiment Station. 
Martin (Martin Amber; C. I. No. 4463) is a strain apparently 
identical with the commercial lots of the Martin variety except in 
being immune from bunt. It originated from a plant selected from a 
field of wheat near Arbon, Idaho, by Carleton R. Ball in 1915. It is 
