122 BULLETIN 1074, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Triplet differs from Jones Fife in being slightly shorter and earlier and in 
having a harder kernel with a smaller germ and rounded rather than angular 
cheeks. Plate XXXI, B, shows spikes, glumes, and kernels of the Triplet 
variety. 
History.—tTriplet was originated at the Washington Agricultural Experiment 
Station, Pullman, Wash., from a combination of crosses in which Jones Fife, 
Little Club, and Turkey were used as parents. Its pedigree is as follows: 
a Fife X Little Club. Tens Fife X Turkey. 
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Unnamed. x Unnamed. 
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Triplet. 
It was first grown as a pure strain in 1910 and was distributed for commer- 
cial growing in 1918, after it had proved to be a high-yielding variety in nursery 
and plat experiments at Pullman. 
Distribution— Grown at experiment stations in the Pacific Northwest and 
commercially in Oregon and Washington in 1920. 
MEALY, 
Description.—Plant winter habit, midseason, midtall to tall; stem white, 
midstrong to strong; spike awnless, oblong-fusiform, middense, inclined; 
glumes pubescent, white, midlong, midwide; 
shoulders midwide, oblique to square; beaks 
wide, obtuse, 0.5 to 1 mm. long; apical awns 
few, 3 to 10 mm. long; kernels red, mid- 
long, semihard, ovate; germ midsized; crease 
wide, deep; cheeks angular; brush large, 
long. 
Mealy differs from Triplet in being slightly 
taller and later, with stronger stems and in 
having kernels with more angular cheeks and 
Wie 47__“Outline map of = portion larger and longer brush. Kernels, spikes, and 
of the eastern United States, glumes of Mealy wheat are shown in Plate 
showing the distribution of XXXII, A. 
Mealy wheat in 1919. Esti History—This variety was distributed by the 
FD ree CoO ae United States Department of Agriculture in 
1885, and for several years thereafter, and the following record of its origin 
accompanied the seed: 
Originated by M. A. Mealy, in 1880, by planting the kernels of three heads of — | 
wheat selected from a growing crop of Fultz. It is similar to other varieties 
known as White Velvet Chaff; is of fair promise and is said to excel the Fultz 
in yield and flouring qualities (57, p. 19). 
Distribution—Grown in Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, 
North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West 
Virginia. +(Fig. 47.) 
Synonyms.—Velvet Chaff, Velvet Head, White Velvet Chaff. 
Velvet Chaff and Velvet Head are common farm names for Mealy wheat. 
White Velvet Chaff was the name of a wheat grown previous to the origin 
of Mealy, but the varieties probably were identical. The wheat evidently has 
disappeared from cultivation under this name. 
