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BVLLETIX 1074, U. S. DEPAETMEXT OF AGKICULTUEE. 
until recent years it has been the principal spring wheat grown in the so-called 
" Inland Empire." 
Distributian. — Grown as Bluestem in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho. 
Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, rtah, and Washington. The distribu- 
tion is shown in Figure 21. 
Synonyms. — Australian, Bluestem, Chile, Palouse Bluestem. "White Australian, 
White Bluestem. White Chile, White Elliott, and White Lammas. 
As indicated above, Australian, Bluestem, White Australian, and White 
Lammas are old names for the variety in Australia and the United States. 
Palouse Bluestem and White Bluestem are names which more recently came into 
use for this variety to distinguish it from other bluestem wheats in the L'nited 
States. Chile and White Chile are names 
which came into use for the variety because 
cargoes of this wheat were received from 
time to time from Chile and in part were 
used for seed. White Elliott is a local 
name used for this wheat in Douglas 
County, Wash. 
ilEXICAX BLrESTEM. 
Description. — Mexican Bluestem is a 
variety similar to Pacific Bluestem, except 
that it is slightly shorter and earlier and 
has bronze rather than white to yellowish 
glumes. The glumes, however, never be- 
come dark enough to be classed as brown. 
History. — Seed of this variety was ob- 
tained by the Washington Agi'icultural Ex- 
periment Station from Mexico. It was 
grown at the Wesl^n Washington Experi- 
ment Station, Puyallup. Wash., where it 
proved to be the best yielding spring wheat 
in a 6-year experiment and was distributed for commercial growing in the 
vicinity of that station. As it differed slightly from Pacific Bluestem and was 
a better yielder, a distinct name seemed necessary, and Mexican Bluestem was 
used to indicate its origin and its similarity to Pacific Bluestem. 
Distribution. — Grown in Grays Harbor and Pierce Counties, Wash. 
Fig. 21. — Outline map of the western 
United States, showing the distri- 
bution of Pacific Bluestem wheat 
in 1919. Estimated area, 1,363,400 
acres. 
DAET (DAET S I]\IPEKIAL) . 
Description. — Plant spring habit, early to midseason, midtall; stem white to 
yellowish, strong ; spike awnless, subclavate, middense, erect ; glumes glabrous, 
white, niiillong, midwide; shoulders narrow to midwide, oblique to square; 
beaks wide, obtuse. 1 to 2 mm, long; apical awns several, 3 to 20 nun. long; 
kernels white, midlong, soft to semihard, ovate, acute ; germ small to midsized ; 
crease midwide. shallow ; cheeks rounded, brush small, midlong, collared. 
History. — This is an Australian variety. Its origin is recorded by Richard- 
son {158, p. 124) to be as follows: 
This popular variety was originated by Thomas Dart, of Nhill. Victoria, 
formerly of Lucindale, South Australia, and is a selection from a purple-straw 
variety. It is one of the oldest varieties in general cultivation at the present 
time. 
The earliest introduction of this wheat into the United States is thought to 
have been in 1915, when it was included in the Australian exhibit of wheats at 
