CLASSIFICATION OF AMERICAN WHEAT VARIETIES, IES 
ROCHESTER (ROCHESTER RED). 
Description—Plant winter habit, midseason, midtall; stem purple, strong, 
stout; spike awnless, very clavate, dense, erect; glumes glabrous, brown, mid- 
long to long, midwide; shoulders wide, oblique to square; beaks midwide, obtuse, 
0.5 to 1 mm, long; apical awns several, 3 to 20 mm. long; kernels red, small to 
midlong, soft, ovate, humped; germ small; crease midwide, middeep, pitted ; 
cheeks rounded ; brush midsized, midlong to long. 
Rochester wheat has an extremely dense, clavate spike which distinguishes 
it from most other varieties. Spikes, glumes, and kernels of Rochester wheat 
are shown in Plate XXX, B. 
History.—The origin of this variety is undetermined. It was advertised by 
Henderson (110) as early as 1891. 
, Distribution.—Grown as Rochester Red in Monroe County, N. Y., and as Pride 
of the Valley in Morris County, N. J. 
Synonyms.—Pride of the Valley and Shepherd’s Tennessee Fultz. A wheat 
called Pride of the Valley, identical with Rochester, was obtained from Morris 
County, N. J., in 1919, where it had been grown for eight years. Shepherd’s 
Tennessee Fultz is of undetermined origin. A sample under this name, but 
apparently identical with Rochester, was obtained in 1912 from the Cornell 
University Agricultural Experiment. Station, which had received it from In- 
diana. It is not known to be commercially grown. 
RED CHIEF (EARLY RED CHIEF). 
Description.—Red Chief is nearly identical with Rochester, but the spike is 
not quite as dense. 
History.—Early Red Chief is reported by Henderson (110, 1903) to have 
originated from Early Red Clawson and Red Arcadian. By whom it was 
originated is not stated. 
Distribution.—This variety is not known to be grown commercially at the 
present time. Samples were obtained from the Cornell University Agricultural 
Experiment Station. 
SCHLANSTEDT (RIMPAU’S RED SCHLANSTEDTER SOMMEBWEIZEN). 
Description.—Plant spring habit, late, tall; stem very glaucous before matur- 
ity, white, midstrong; spike awnless, fusiform, sometimes nearly oblong, mid- 
dense, erect to inclined; glumes glabrous, brown, midlong, midwide; shoulders 
wanting to midwide, oblique; beaks wide, incurved, acute, 1 mm. long; apical 
awns tew, 3 to 10 mm. long; kernels red, short to midlong, soft, ovate; germ 
midsized; crease narrow to midwide, shallow to middeep, triangular; cheeks 
angular; brush midsized, midlong. 
This variety is distinguished from other brown-glumed, red- kerneled spring 
wheats by the glaucous stem and leaves. 
History.——Schlandstedt is a spring form of wheat originated by Dr. Wilhelm 
Rimpau in 1889 at Schlanstedt, Germany, from a Bordeaux winter wheat (142, 
p. 192). A sample of this variety was introduced by the United States Depart- 
_ ment of Agriculture in 1909, but was not distributed. A field of the variety was 
| found growing 9 miles north of Reardan, Wash., by a member of the Portland 
laboratory of the office of grain standardization, United States Department of 
Agriculture, in the summer of 1915.. The history of its introduction is not known. 
Distribution.—Grown to a very limited extent in Washington. 
