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duced it originally from Asia. It is an awnless, white-glumed, very 
stiff strawed variety. The head is 2 J to 3 inches in length, erect, 
much more slender than that of wheat, and very compact. This 
variety has averaged 63.23 bushels to the acre in a 6-year test at 
College Park and 74.08 bushels in a 5-year test at Arlington Farm. 
It has given a higher average yield at both places than any other 
variety of spelt or emmer. A selection from Alstroum has been grown 
at Arlington Farm for 4 years, during which time it had an average 
yield 3 bushels higher than that of the original variety. 
Fig. 3.— Heads of three varieties of spelt and one variety of emmer grown at the Maryland Agricultural 
Experiment Station and at Arlington Farm: 1, Alstroum spelt; 2, Red Awnless spelt: 3, Servia 
spelt; 4, Black Winter emmer. 
Red Awnless.— The Red Awnless spelt, C. I. No. 1772, was also 
obtained by the Office of Cereal Investigations in 1901 from the 
Washington station. Like the Alstroum, it came originallv from Asia. 
It is very similar to the Alstroum, except that the glumes are brown- 
ish red in color; hence the name. The average yield of the Red 
Awnless spelt was 0.05 bushel less than that of Alstroum at College 
Park and 1.82 bushels less at Arlington Farm. 
Servia.— The Servia or "White Bearded" spelt, C. I. No. 1724, 
came originally from Serbia; hence the name. This variety was 
obtained at the Paris Exposition in 1900 by Mr. M. A. Carle ton, 
Cerealist of the United States Department of Agriculture. This spelt 
is not unlike the Alstroum in appearance, except that it is bearded. 
The heads are slightlv longer than those of the awnless varieties and 
