60 BULLETIN 1074, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
GREESON. 
Description.—Plant winter habit, midseason, midtall; stem glaucous, white, 
midstrong to strong; spike awnless, oblong-fusiform, middense, erect to in- 
clined; glumes glabrous, white, midlong, wide; shoulders wide, square to ele- 
vated; beaks wide, obtuse, 1 mm. long; apical awns few, 2 to 20 mm. long, 
somewhat incurved; kernels white, midlong, soft, ovate, acute; germ midsized: 
crease midwide, deep; cheeks rounded, brush small, midlong. 
The variety differs principally from Prohibition in being slightly earlier and 
in having slightly longer and laxer spikes and wider glumes and shoulders. 
History—According to W. H. McLean, of Whitsett. N. C., “this variety 
originated by a Man whose name was Greeson, and has been grown in this 
country for a number of years and is very popular.”* He reported that it 
constituted 40 per cent of the wheat grown near Whitsett, Guilford County, 
N.. G., in 1919, 
Distribution—Grown in Chatham, Randolph, and Guilford Counties, N. C. 
Synonym.—Greensboro. Because the seed was obtained at a fair held at 
Greensboro, N. C., this name is used for the variety in Randolph County, N. C.. 
where this wheat is most widely grown. ; 
WHITE WINTER. 
Description—Plant winter habit, late, midtall; stem white, strong; spike 
awnless, oblong, bluntish, dense, erect; glumes glabrous, white, midlong, broad 
at base; shoulders wanting to oblique; keel incurved above, beaks wide, obtuse. 
1 mm. long; apical awns few, 3 to 20 mm. long; kernels white, short to midlong, 
soft, ovate, slightly humped; germ small; crease midwide, middeep; cheeks 
rounded; brush midsized, midlong. 
The variety differs principally from Prohibition in being later and in having 
a distinctly incurved keel, smaller germ, and blunter Kernel tip. Spikes, 
glumes, and kernels of this variety are shown in Plate VIII, B, and a single 
spike in Plate V, Figure 8. 
History— White Winter is one of the oldest wheats grown in western Oregon. 
It is reported to have been one of the principal wheats raised in Oregon Ter- 
ritory in 1855 (97). It probably is of English origin. Other names have been 
applied to the variety at times, but none has become generally used. 
Distribution—Grown in 10 counties of western Oregon and in Siskiyou 
County, Calif. It is one of the principal varieties grown in the Willamette 
Valley. 
Synonyms.—Bishop’s Pride, Oregon White, and Wold’s White Winter. 
Bishop’s Pride is, for the most part, White Winter. Dr. W. L. Bishop, of 
Dundee, Yamhill County, Oreg.. claims he originated it as a result of a hybrid. 
obtained by sowing several varieties in a field and letting them cross naturally. 
Oregon White is a name commonly used by farmers in the Willamette Valley 
of Oregon for the White Winter variety. Wold’s White Winter is a name 
under which the variety is known in Washington County, Oreg. Joseph Con- 
nell, of Hillsboro, Oreg., reported in the Wheat Varietal Survey of 1917 that 
Wold’s White Winter originated in Kent County, England, and had been - 
grown in Washington County for about 40 years. 
CHALLENGE (WEBB’S CHALLENGE WHITE). 
Description—This variety is similar to White Winter except that it is 
slightly taller and has a slightly longer spike,- which tapers abruptly at the 
apex inStead of being nearly blunt. 
* Letter from W. H. McLean, dated July 19, 1919, on file in the Office of Cereal Investi- 
gations. 
