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120 BULLETIN 1074, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURD. 
RESACA (RED RESACA). 
Description——Plant spring habit, midseason. midtall; =Zem purple, weak to 
midstrong; spine awnless, fusiform, narrow, middense, inclined; glumes gla- 
brous, brown, midlong, narrow; shoulders narrow, oblique to square; beaks 
midwide, obtuse, 0.56 mm. long; apical awns few, 2 to 15 mm. long; Kernels red, 
short, soft, ovate; germ small; crease midwide, shaliow to middeep; cheeks 
rounded; brush midsized, short. 
This variety is very similar to Odessa except in having a spring habit and 
purple straw and in being slightly earlier. 
History.—The origin of Resaca wheat is not known. The sample described 
was obtained from C. P. Warner, Lake Victor, Tex., in 1919. He wrote as 
follows: , 
The pure Red Resaca was introduced in this county (Burnet County, Tex.) 
some 80 years ago by S. W. Shelburne, and has not been grown extensively. 
It perhaps does not produce as much as the Mediterranean. 
Distribution.—Grown in Burnet County, Tex. 
STANLEY. 
Description.—Plant spring habit, midseason to late, talk; stem white, strong; 
spike awnless, fusiform, lax, erect, shatters; glumes glabrous, brown, midlong, 
narrow; shoulders wanting to narrow, oblique; beaks narrow, sometimes want- 
ing, usually acute, 0.5 mm. long; apical awns few, 3 to 10 mm. long; kernels red, 
short to midlong, semihard to hard, ovate; germ midsized; crease midwide, 
shallow to deep, triangular; cheeks angular; brush midsized, midlong. 
This variety differs from ail other varieties of brown-glumed awnless winter 
and spring, red-kerneled wheats in having semihard to hard kernels. 
History.—The Stanley originated about 1895 from the progeny of a cross made 
by Dr. William Saunders, Dominion cerealist, Ottawa, Canada. ‘“‘ The Stanley 
is a twin wheat with the Preston, both having had origin in the one kernel” 
(169, p. 14). “Parentage. Ladoga (female) crossed with Red Fife (male) ” 
(164, p. 219). An awned, white-glumed, white-kerneled winter wheat also has 
been grown under the name Stanley (204, p. 38). | 
Distribution.—Grown under irrigation in the Gallatin Valley of Montana and | 
experimentally in Minnesota. ‘ | 
SILVERCOIN. 
Description.—Plant winter habit, midseason, short to midtall; stem white, 
strong; spike awnless, clavate, dense, erect to inclined; glumes pubescent, white, 
midlong, midwide; shoulders midwide, oblique to square; beaks wide, obtuse, 
1 mm. long; apical awns few, 3 to 10 mm. long; kernels white, short to mid- 
long, soft; ovate to oval; germ midsized; crease midwide, middeep; cheeks 
angular to rounded; brush midsized. midlong. 
Spikes, glumes, and kernels of Silvercoin wheat are shown in Plate XXXI, A. 
History.—According to Mr. M. L. Peterson, Mendon, Cache County, Utah, 
Silvercoin wheat originated in a dry-land field of mixed Goldeoin and Sonora, 
belonging to Epb. Hansen, a few miles from Mendon, about 1900. The wheat: 
wis selected, increased, and distributed and became knewn as Eph. Hansen 
wheat, but the name later was changed to Silvereoin, though when and by 
whom is not known. ‘The variety probably is the result of a natural field 
hybrid between Goldcoin and Sonora. 
Distribution.—Grown in Boxelder and Cache Counties, Utah. 
