CLASSIFICATION OF AMERICAN WHEAT VARIETIES. 
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Virginia Reel is a name used for Harvest Queen wheat in Douglas County, 
Kans., where, according to H. A. Colles, of Sibley, Kans., it has been grown 
for 20 years. 
PEOSPEEITY (AMERICAN BRONZE). 
Description.— Flant winter habit, midseason, midtall; stem glaucous when 
green, white, strong, coarse; spike awnless, linear-oblong, broad, middense, 
nodding; glumes glabrous, white, midlong, wide; shoulders wide, oblique to 
square; beaks wide, obtuse, 1 mm. long; apical awns few, 3 to 10 mm. long; 
kernels red, midlong, soft, ovate; germ midsized; crease wide, deep; cheeks 
angular; brush midsized, midlong. 
This variety is marked by its broad, nodding spike and the very glaucous 
appearance of the entire plant while immature. Plate XVI, B, shows spikes, 
glumes, and kernels of this variety. 
Histonj.— It was originated by A. N. Jones, of Newark, Wayne County, N. Y. 
Mr. Jones first called it No. 8, but later 
named it American Bronze.^" It was first 
advertised and distributed in 1890 by 
Peter Henderson & Co., seedsmen, of New 
York City, and was said by them to be the 
result of a cross between Martin Amber 
and Fultz (110). The name Prosperity 
came into use for the variety about 1895 
(27). The origin of this name is unde- 
termined, but the variety is now grown 
more widely as Prosperity than as Ameri- 
can Bronze, and as the former is a more 
desirable name it is here used. 
Distrihiition. — Grown as Prosperity in 
Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and 
Pennsylvania, and under its original name, 
American Bronze, in Michigan, New York, 
Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The distribution of this variety is shown in Figure 28. 
Synonyms. — Dutch, Hundred Mark, International No. 8, Invincible, Michi- 
gan Red, No Name, No. 8, Red Victory, Silver Chaif, Twentieth Century, and 
Zinn's Golden. The name Dutch is used for the variety in Cape Girardeau 
and Scott Counties, Mo. In correspondence with the Office of Cereal Investiga- 
tions, W. J. Meyer, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., stated : 
Dutch wheat was introduced into that county from Scott County, Mo., about 
four or five years ago and is now more extensively grown than any other 
variety, and is known also as " No-Name " wheat. 
Hundred Mark is a name used for the variety in Adams County, Ind., Hock- 
ing and Holmes Counties, OhiO; Calhoun County, Mich., and Westmoreland 
County, Pa. International No. 8 is the name under which the wheat was dis- 
tributed by the International Seed Co., Rochester, N. Y. The variety is still 
grown under this name in Cass County, Mich., and in several counties in New 
York. Invincible is a name used as a synonym for American Bronze since 
about 1S95. The origin of the name is undetermined. It was reported in 1919 
from Blair County, Pa. Michigan Red is a name used for the variety in Lorain 
County, Ohio, for 10 years or more. No. 8 is the designation originally given 
Fig. 28. — Outline map of a portion of 
the norttieastem United States, 
showing the distribution of Pros- 
perity wheat in 1919. Estimated 
area, 46,000 acres. 
10 Printed letterheads of Mr. Jones. 
