CLASSIFICATION OF A.MEBICAN WHEAT VARIETIES. 
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WALKER. 
Description. — Plant winter habit, early to midseason, midtall to tall ; stem 
white, strong; spike awnless, oblong-fusiform, middense, inclined; glumes 
glabrous, white, short, wide ; shoulders midwide to wide, oblique to square ; 
beaks wide, obtuse, 0.5 mm. long; apical awns few, 3 to 10 mm. long; kernels 
pale red, midsized, soft, ovate ; germ midsized ; crease midwide, middeep ; 
cheeks rounded ; brush small, midlong. 
Walker differs from Zimmerman in being slightly later and taller and has 
a more inclined spike, wider glumes, and larger kernels and germ. Spikes, 
glumes, and kernels of the Walker wheat are shown in Plate XV, B. 
Eistorif. — The origin of Walker is undetermined. It is known to be an old 
variety of the eastern United States and was being replaced by Tappahannock 
in Jackson County, N. C, in 1871 (8, p. 131). 
Distribution. — Grown in Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, 
Tennessee, and Texas. This distribution is shown in Figure 26. 
HAEVEST QUEEN. 
Description. — Plant winter habit, midseason, tall ; stem white, strong ; spike 
awnless, oblong, dense, erect to inclined ; glumes glabrous, white, midlong, mid- 
wide ; shoulders wide, oblique to square; 
beaks wide, obtuse, 0.5 mm. long; apical 
awns few, 3 to 10 mm. long; kernels dull 
red, midlong, soft, ovate; germ midsized; 
crease midwide to wide, middeep; cheeks 
rounded ; brush midsized, midlong. 
This variety is distinct in having tall, 
bright, strong straw and a thick oblong 
spike. Spikes, glumes, and kernels of this 
variety are shown in Plate XYI, A. 
History. — The name Harvest Queen was 
used early for a white wheat, but this use 
apparently has been discontinued. The 
earlier names under which the wheat de- 
scribed above was known were Black Sea, 
Oregon Red, and Red Cross. The name 
Harvest Queen is claimed by E. S. Marshall,'' 
of De Soto, Kans., to have been applied to the variety by him. He selected a 
tall promising stool of the wheat from some other variety in 1895, increased it 
In 1896, and named it in 1897. Mr. Marshall stated that he selected the name 
Harvest Queen, because he thought he had a better wheat than Harvest King, 
which was then being widely advertised by the J. A. Everitt Seed Co., of Indian- 
apolis, Ind. For several years he and his father, Conrad Marshall, continued to 
select the variety. Most of the Harvest Queen grown in Johnson County, Kans., 
and vicinity apparently is from seed originally distributed from the Marshall 
farm. Harvest Queen wheat was advertised and distributed by the Barteldes 
Seed Co., of Lawrence, Kans., and by the J. A. Everitt Seed Co., of Indianapolis, 
Ind. The latter firm (89)' claim to have distributed it first in 1896, which 
scarcely could be possible if Mr. Marshall is correct in his dates. 
Fig. 26. — Outline map of the south- 
eastern United States,, showing 
the distribution of Walker wheat 
in 1919. Estimated area, 24,300 
acres. 
9 Interview by J. A. Clark, S. C. Salmon, and C. E. Graves, on June 6, 1921. 
