64 BULLETIN 1074, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
RINK. 
Description.—Plant spring habit, midseason, midtall; stem white, strong; 
spike awnless, broadly fusiform, middense, inclined; glumes glabrous, yellow- 
ish white, midlong, midwide; shoulders wide, usually square; beaks wide, acute, 
curved, 1 to 1.5 mm. long; apical awns many, 2 to 10 mm. long, occurring nearly 
throughout the spike, and distinctly incurved; kernels white, short to midlong, 
soft, ovate, slightly humped; germ usually small; crease midwide, deep; cheeks 
rounded ; brush midsized, midlong to long. 
This variety is distinct in having incurved apical awns occurring nearly 
throughout the entire length of the spike. Spikes of Rink wheat are shown in 
Plate IV, Figure 4, and Plate V, Figure 2. 
History—The origin of Rink wheat is undetermined. It was reported to 
have been grown in Washington County, Oreg., since 1909. 
Distribution.—Grown in Benton, Polk, Washington, and Yamhill Counties, 
Oreg. 
BUNYIP. 
Description—Plant spring habit, early, midtall; stem white, strong; spike 
awnless, oblong, dense, erect; glumes glabrous, yellowish white (brown striped), 
midlong, midwide; shoulders midwide, oblique to square; beaks narrow to 
midwide, acute, 0.5 mm. long; apical awns few, 3 to 12 mm. long; kernels 
white, midlong, soft to semihard, ovate; germ midsized; crease midwide, mid- 
deep ; cheeks angular; brush midlong, midsized to large. 
The glumes of this variety are distinctly brown striped, which sometimes 
gives the appearance of a brown-glumed variety. 
History— Bunyip is an Australian variety originated by William Farrer, the 
well-known plant breeder of New South Wales, Australia. Its origin has been 
recorded as follows: z 
It is a crossbred, produced as the result of mating two other crossbreds, 
Rymer and Maffra, together. Rymer, the mother plant, was produced as the 
result of crossing Purplestraw on to Improved Fife, the latter being a Mani- 
toba variety. Maffra was the product of King’s Jubilee, mated with an 
unnamed crossbred (Blount’s Lambrigg X Hornblende). Its pedigree is, there- 
fore, as follows: 
Blount’s pabhee << Hormone 
An unnamed y, | King’s 
crossbred J wie 
Improved Fife 4 Purplestraw. | 
| Maffra. 
Rymer. x 
| 
Bunyip. 
The cross was made in 1897 and named in 1901 (188, p. 189). 
Bunyip was first introduced into the United States (S. P. I. No. 38345) in 
May, 1914, by the United States Department of Agriculture (197). In 1915 a 
sample of the variety was included in the Australian exhibit at the Panama- 
Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco, Calif. A part of this seed 
was obtained, together with that of several other varieties, by the Sperry Flour 
