CLASSIFICATION^ OF AMERICAN" WHEAT VARIETIES. 
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for " Dick " Low's wheat. As the wheat became spread over that section of 
Utah, it lost its personal connection with " Dick " Low and became known sim- 
ply as Dicklow wheat. 
Distribution. — Grown in Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming. It is most 
widely grown under irrigation in southern Idaho, where it was introduced In 
1912 and 1913. The distribution is shown in Figure 23. 
Synonym, — Jim Holly. This name was used by some growers of Dicklow 
wheat when the strain was first being distributed, but it has since largely gone 
out of use. 
BOBS. 
Fig. 23.— Outline map of 
the Pacific Northwest, 
showing the distribution 
of Dicklow wheat in 1919. 
Estimated area, 164,600 
acres. 
Description. — Plant spring habit, early, midtall ; stem white, strong; spike 
awnless, fusiform, middense. erect ; glumes glabrous, white to yellowish, mid- 
long, midwide ; shoulders wide, square ; beaks wide, acute, short, 0.3 mm. long, 
sometimes nearly wanting ; apical awns wanting ; kernels white, usually short, 
hard, oval to ovate, with truncate tip; germ mid- 
sized ; crease midwide to wide, middeep to deep ; 
cheeks angular, brush midsized, short. 
The Bobs variety is distinct in having no apical 
awns and very short beaks. The kernels are hard 
and have a distinctly short brush. It usually is a 
comparatively low-yielding variety under favorable 
conditions, but under conditions of drought often 
will yield well in comparison with others. The flour 
from it is very strong, exceeding in bread-making 
value the other white-kerneled varieties grown in 
the United States. A spike of Bobs wheat is shown 
in Plate IV, Figure 1. 
History. — The Bobs variety was originated by 
William Farrer, of New South Wales, Australia. It 
is reported to be the result of a hybrid between a bar- 
ley and a wheat. Such a cross was never obtained 
by other workers and is now generally considered 
to be impossible. Furthermore, the original progeny showed no trace of barley 
characters. Considerable doubt, therefore, exists as to whether Mr. Farrer actu- 
ally obtained a cross. The origin of Bobs as recorded in Australian literature 
is as follows : 
Bobs was produced in 1896 as a result of mating a variety of barley, called 
Nepaul or Bald Skinless barley, with a strain of Blount's Lambrigg wheat, 
which, for record purposes, was called M. (F.), but which became known later 
as Early Lambrigg. As the result of the artificial pollination effected, only one 
shrivelled grain was produced. This was planted, and very little difficulty was 
exi>erienced in fixing a variety from it. Four years later the progeny of this 
cross had become fixed and was named Bobs. 
This variety is really a hybrid and not a crossbred, for it is the result of mat- 
ing two distinct species, viz, a wheat and a barley, together. A crossbred is the 
result of mating two varieties of the same species together {188, p. 187). 
Distribution. — Grown by experiment stations in the Pacific Coast States and 
commercially to a very small extent in San Luis Obispo and Monterey Coun- 
ties, Calif. 
QUALITY. 
Deseription.—Flant spring habit, early, short to midtall ; stem white, strong ; 
spike awnless, fusiform, middense, erect; glumes glabrous, yellowish white, 
short, wide, easily shattered; shoulders wide, oblique to square; beaks wide, 
acute, 0.5 mm. long; apical awns few, 3 to 10 mm. long; kernels white, short 
