CLASSIFICATION OF AMERICAN WHEAT VARIETIES. 
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Synonyms. — Golden Bronze, Golden Chaff, Improved Amber, White Winter. 
Golden Bronze is the name under which a strain of this variety was being grown 
at the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station. 
Golden Chaff is simply a shortening of the name Dawson Golden Chaff. Im- 
proved Amber is the name under which a sam- 
ple of Dawson was obtained from the Wiscon- 
sin station. White Winter is a local descrip- 
tive name used for the variety by farmers. 
Fig. 37. — Outline map of the 
north-central United States, 
showing the distribution of 
Dawson wheat in 1919. Esti- 
mated area, 125,500 acres^ 
Description. — Honor apparently is identical 
with Dawson in all morphological characters, 
except for a slightly stronger stem. • It is more 
winter resistant and a better yielder. 
History. — Honor was originated by the plant- 
breeding department of the Cornell University 
Agricultural Experiment Station, in coopera- 
tion with the Office of Cereal Investigations, United States Department of Agri- 
culture. During the experimental stages it was known as Cornell Selection 
522-68. Concerning the variety, Dr. H. H. Love, who is in charge of the 
cooperative experiments at Cornell has w^ritten ^^ as follows : 
Honor was selected from Dawson's Golden Chaff and seems to be a typical 
Golden Chaff. I think it is slightly more winter hardy than the commercial 
variety and has somewhat stiffer straw. 
Distribution. — The selection was distributed from Cornell University to 
selected farmers for several years previous to the fall of 1920, when it was 
first offered for sale as Honor wheat by C. A. Rogers {160), of Bergen, N. Y. 
SCHONACHEB. 
Descriptimi. — Plant winter habit, midseason, midtall; stem w^hite, strong; 
spike awnless, oblong, middense, inclined to nodding; glumes glabrous, brown, 
midlong, mid^vide ; shoulders midwide, oblique to square ; beaks wide, obtuse, 
0.5 mm. long ; apical awns several, 2 to 30 mm. long ; kernels white, midlong, 
semihard, ovate; germ midsized to large; crease midwide, middeep; cheeks 
angular ; brush midsized, midlong. 
Schonacher has a harder kernel than Dawson, and the spike is more nodding. 
History. — The origin of this variety is undetermined. The variety was 
obtained from the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, 
N. Y., in 1917. 
Distributio)!. — Grown by the Cornell University Station. A red-kerneled 
wheat was reported under this name from Juniata County, Pa. 
ARCADIAN (EARLY ARCADIAN). 
Descriptioti. — Plant winter habit, midseason, short; stem white, strong, stout; 
spike awnless, clavate, short, dense, erect; glumes glabrous, brown, midlong, 
wide ; shoulders midwide, oblique to rounded ; beaks wide, obtuse, 1 mm. long ; 
apical awns several, 3 to 10 mm. long; kernels white, usually short, usually 
soft, broadly ovate ; germ midsized ; crease wide, shallow to middeep ; cheeks 
usually angular ; brush small, midlong. 
12 Correspondence of the Office of Cereal Investigations, dated Mar. 19, 1921. 
