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BULLETIN 878. IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Pelissier, but the name is usually mispronounced and the shorter and simpler form, 
Peliss, is here substituted for it. It differs from varieties of the Kubahka group in 
having white glumes, black awns, and very large kernels, which are somewhat curved. 
Saragolla. — The Saragolla variety was introduced from Italy in 1902. It originally 
was a mixture of several types of durum wheat. The principal type has black awns 
but differs from the Peliss variety in having yellowish rather than white glumes. 
MISCELLANEOUS DURUM WHEATS. 
The following varieties of durum wheat can not be included in any 
of the preceding groups and are here listed as miscellaneous 
varieties : 
Golden Ball. — The Golden Ball variety was introduced by the United States 
Department of Agriculture from South Africa in 1918. It has black awns, pubescent 
white glumes, and amber kernels. 
Kahla. — The Kahla variety is of Algerian origin. It has black awns and glumes 
and amber kernels. It is grown commercially in parts of Montana, Wyoming, and 
the Dakotas under several names, such as Purple Durum, Black Durum, Black 
Emmett, and Sloat. 
Velvet Don. — The Velvet Don was introduced from the Territory of the Don, Russia, 
in 1900. This variety has black awns, pubescent white glumes, and usually amber 
kernels. This introduction originally contained a considerable mixture of red- 
kerneled durum wheat and has sometimes been described as having red kernels. 
Fig. 1. — Diagram showing the location of 11 field stations in the northern half of the Great Plains area 
and the average yields, in percentage of the Marquis variety, of the leading commercial varieties at each 
station during the period of years indicated: 1, Average of only three years ( Power, Preston , and Haynes 
at Havre and Power at Highmore); 2, average of only four years (Preston and Haynes at Moccasin, Pres- 
ton at Williston and North Platte); 3, average of only six years (Power at Dickinson, Haynes at High- 
more and Archer, and Preston at Akron); 4, average of only two years (Power and Haynes at North 
Platte); 5, yields of Glyndon Fife, C. I. No. 2873, substituted for Power Fife at Akron; 6, average of only 
five years (Haynes at Akron). 
