CLASSIFICATION OF AMERICAN WHEAT VARIETIES. P71 
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Synonym.—Wisconsin Wonder... Prelude wheat has been distributed as 
Wisconsin Wonder by H. E. Krueger, of Beaver Dam, Wis. In advertising the 
i variety Mr. Krueger claims to have originated it from the selection of a plant 
i grown in a field of Marquis about 1910. The distribution of Wisconsin Wonder 
wheat dates from 1916. It was reported in 1919 from seven counties in Wis- 
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HUMPBACK. 
Description.—Plant spring habit, late, tall; stem white, midstrong; spike 
awned, fusiform, middense to lax, inclined; glumes pubescent, white, long, 
-midwide; shoulders usually wanting, sometimes narrow, oblique; beaks 2 to 8 
_ mm. long; awns 3 to 8 em. long; kernels pale red, midlong to long, semihard, 
| ovate, humped; germ Jarge; crease midwide, deep, pitted; cheeks rounded to 
_ angular; brush small, long. 
This variety is distinct because of its pubescent glumes and its rather large, 
' soft kernels, which are distinctly humped. It is a very poor milling and 
| bread-making variety. <A spike, glumes, and kernels of Humpback are shown 
in Plate XLVIII, B. 
_ Aistory—The Humpback variety originated from field selections made by 
J. P. Berglund, a farmer living near Kensington, Minn. (790,p.1). The original 
head was probably the result of a natural field hybrid. 
i Two strains were developed, the first being the strain 
_ above described, which was distributed about 1905. 
|The second has glabrous glumes, but is otherwise 
similar. It is described elsewhere as Dixon. 
| Distribution. Humpback wheat was reported spar- 
ingly grown in Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, North 
| Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. (Fig. 67.) 
Synonyms.—Bearded Bluestem and World Beater. jy¢, 67—Outline map of 
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Bearded Bluestem is-the name by which the variety the north-central United 
was first distributed by Mr. Berglund, but the name States, showing the dis- 
Humpback soon became attached to the variety and ce otoatoney © ae ARTA) oloeka 
wheat, in» 1919" Hsti- 
the use of the name Bearded Bluestem largely has mated area, 31,900 acres, 
been discontinued. Worid Beater is the name under 
Which a wheat practically identical with Humpback was obtained from 
a farmer named Bruegger, in the vicinity of Williston, N. Dak., in 1913... At 
that time World Beater was cultivated to a small extent in that locality. It 
was not reported in 1919. 
PENQUITE (PENQUITE’S VELVET CHAFF). 
Description.—Plant winter habit, midseason, midtall; stem purple, mid- 
strong; spike awned, fusiform, middense, nodding; glumes pubescent, brown, 
long, midwide, easily deciduous; shoulders wanting to narrow, usually oblique; 
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‘beaks 1 to 2 mm. long; awns 3 to 7’:cm. long; kernels red, midlong, soft, ovate, 
| humped; germ midsized; crease midwide, middeep; cheeks rounded; brush 
| small, midlong. 
_ History—According to Thorne (192, p. 618) : 
__ This wheat originated in Clinton County, Ohio, where in 1857 or 1858 Mr. 
“Abram Penquite, while cradling in a field of wheat, noticed three heads of a 
different variety from the rest of the field. These he saved and propagated, 
-and from them has come the wheat now widely known in southwestern Ohio 
y as the Velvet Chaff, 
