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and Purple Straw at the two places are among the best examples of 
this variation. 
SOFT WHITE OR AMBER WINTER. 
Awned, glumes pubescent, white. — The Bearded Winter Fife, C. I 
No. 1942, has been the most promising of the so-called velvet-chaffed 
wheats tested at College Park and Arlington. A selection (C. I. No. 
4204) which is quite similar to it has also been of particular promise 
at Arlington. Of the several varieties originated by Mr. A. N. Jones, 
of New York, that have been tested at College Park and Arlington, 
the Bearded Winter Fife is considerably the best. 
Awnless, glumes glabrous, brown.— -The Dawson (Dawson Golden 
Chaff) C. I. No. 1733, is the only representative of this group included 
in the tests. Among the soft white winter wheats this variety is of 
outstanding merit. It is one of the most popular varieties of winter 
wheat in the eastern United States. At Arlington it ranks third in 
average yield in a 5-year test and is first in yield of the awnless 
varieties. At College Park, however, it has not yielded so well, 
ranking eighteenth in average yield per acre among the 29 varieties 
that have been tested seven years. Two strains of this variety have 
been included in the tests at College Park. 
HIGH-YIELDING VARIETIES. 
The varieties which have been high in yield at College Park have 
not always been high in yield at Arlington, and vice versa. This 
is well shown in Table V, in which the average yields of the 10 best 
varieties at each place are shown, with the records of the same varie- 
ties at the other place for comparison. The integers in the columns 
headed "Rank 77 denote the rank of the variety among the total num- 
ber in the test. The denominators of the fractions in these columns 
show the number of varieties grown in the same years as the variety 
in question, while the numerator shows the rank of that variety. 
Thus the China was grown only two years at Arlington, when it 
ranked thirty-second among 36 varieties that were grown the same 
two years. 
Of the 82 varieties and strains which have been grown at College 
Park, the 10 highest in order of yield, as shown in Table V, are (1) 
China, (2) Mammoth Red, (3) Bearded Purple Straw, (4) Turkish 
Amber, (5) Lancaster, (6) Currell, (7) Bearded Winter Fife, (8) Dietz 
(C. I. No. 1981), (9) Red Clawson, and (10) Dietz (Md. No. 95). 
The difference in the 7-year average yield of China and Dietz (Md. 
No. 95) is 2.46 bushels. Of these 10 varieties, 9 are soft red and 1 
(Bearded Winter Fife) is a white wheat. Of the red wheats, 6 (Nos. 
2, 3, 4, 5, 8, and 10) are. bearded, with glabrous white chaff; 3 (Nos. 
1, 6, and 9), are beardless, with glabrous brown chaff. The one white- 
kerneled variety is bearded, with hairy white chaff. Of the 10 
