94 BULLETIN 1074, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
Glyndon differs from Red Fife and Power principally in having longer and 
laxer spikes. Spikes, glumes, and kernels of Glyndon wheat are shown in 
Plate XXII, A. 
History. — This strain of Fife wheat dates from about 1891, when it was first 
grown by the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station as No. 811, at the 
Glyndon farm in western Minnesota. In the burning of the Glyndon station 
buildings all records of its origin were lost. Without doubt, however, it is one 
of the many samples of Red Fife wheat obtained from Minnesota farmers in 
1888 and 1889. In 1S92 the breeding of eight of the best varieties of wheat 
which had been selected by the Minnesota station was begun by continuous 
selection, known as the centgener system, by W. M. Hays, then at the North 
Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. Four hundred selected kernels of 
the eight varieties which had been grown at Glyndon, Clay County, in the 
previous year were sown at Fargo, N. Dak., and a like number on the farm 
belonging to J. B. Power & Sons, of Power, Richland County, N. Dak. Some 
of these selections were from No. 811. All of the selections were grown at 
Fargo again in 1893. From the 400 selected kernels, 31 plants having the 
largest yield and of superior quality were chosen for seed the next season. In 
1893, 100 to 400 kernels from each of these 31 plants were sown at Fargo in a 
manner similar to the method used in 1892. In 1893, the best plant was chosen 
from the progeny of each of the 31 plants above mentioned. One selection 
made that year from No. 811 was accessioned as Minnesota No. 163. This 
selection, with many others, was sown at the University Farm, St. Paul, Minn., 
in 1894, in a small plat. In 1895 and 1896, 31 strains were tested at University 
Farm, and 8 w^ere selected and grown at other stations. Among them was Minne- 
sota No. 163. After further testing, this strain was selected as the best of the 
Fife types and seed w^as increased and distributed to farmers in 1898 {109, p. 
105). It was first distributed as Minnesota No. 163, but in 1915 the name 
Glyndon was assigned to it by the Minnesota station. 
Distribution. — Grown in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. It 
is grown most in Minnesota, where it was once an important wheat. In recent 
years, however, it has largely disappeared from culture. 
Synonyms. — Minnesota No. 163. As indicated above, this is the Minnesota 
accession number which was used as a name for the variety from 1898, when it 
was first distributed, until 1915, when it was named Glyndon. 
Description. — Rysting is a strain of Fife wheat apparently identical with 
Glyndon. It has not yielded as well as Glyndon in some sections, while in 
others it has done as well or better. 
History. — Rysting was selected, increased, and distributed about 1892 by Jens 
Rysting, of Buxton, N. Dak. (39, p. 12). Mr. Rysting claimed that it was earlier 
than the ordinary Red Fife. 
Distrilmtion. — This strain is still grown in experiments at several stations in 
the northern spring-wheat area and probably commercially in North Dakota. 
Its commercial distribution, however, can not be separated from that reported 
for other Fife wheats. 
Synonym. — Rysting's Fife. 
WELLMAN (WELLMAN'S FIFE). 
Description. — Plant spring habit, midseason, midtall to tall; stem white, mid- 
strong; spike awnless, linear-fusiform, lax (68 to 75 mm. per 10 nodes) in- 
