116 BULLETIN 1074, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGKICULTUEE. 
p. 14) , was grown in Virginia as early as 1764. A more recent history of Red 
May indicates that it was originated by General Harmon from the Virginia 
May (a white-kerneled wheat) about 1S30 (103, p. 226). This wheat has been 
grown quite widely under the name Red May since 1845. 
Distribution. — Grown in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, 
Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Okla- 
homa, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, and under the synonyms 
in Connecticut, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, AVest Vir- 
ginia, and Wisconsin (Fig. 45). 
Synonyms. — Beech wood (in part), Canadian Hybrid, Early Harvest, Early 
May, Early Ripe, Enterprise, Jones Longberry, May, Michigan Amber, Michigan 
Wonder, Orange, Pride of Indiana, Red Amber, Red Cross, Red Republic, and 
Republican Red. 
Beechwood usually is a mixed wheat containing some Red May. For a his- 
tory of the wheat, see Poole. Canadian Hybrid is the name under which a 
sample of Red May was obtained from 
Illinois in 1919. The name Canadian 
Hybrid usually is used as a synonym 
of Jones Fife. 
Early Harvest differs from Red May 
only in having a shorter and more ob- 
long spike. Its history is not known, 
but the name apparently came into use 
by farmers of Indiana and Illinois in the 
late eighties. It was reported as grown 
in 1919 in Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, 
Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio. 
Early May was commonly used as a 
synonym for both Red May and White 
May from 1843 to 1857. In 1854 a 
White May variety in addition to the 
Estimated area, one already discussed is claimed to have 
been originated by Charles H. Boughton, 
Center Crossroads, Essex County, Va. This w^as also known as Boughton 
and Tappahannock. The name Early May is now probably used partly for Red 
May, but principally as a synonym for the Little May or Flint. It was reported 
in 1919 from Alabama, Arkansas, and South Carolina, 
Early Ripe was recorded as having been introduced into Darke County, Ohio, 
in 1840. During the next 18 years it became distributed over the State as 
Whig, Kentucky Red, and Carolina {ISl, p. 142). It apparently has continued 
in cultivation. Samples obtained from the Ohio and Missouri Agricultural 
Experiment Stations are identical with Red May. It was reported in 1919 
from Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. 
Enterprise apparently is identical with Red May. It was obtained from the 
Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station, which received it from W. C. Betts, 
Forest. Ind. Its further history is undetermined. Enterprise wheat was 
reported from Hickman County, Ky., in 1919. 
Jones Longberry is the name under which a sample of Red May was obtained 
from the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station. It evidently is wrongly 
applied to this wheat, as the two varieties of Longberry wheat put out by A. N. 
Jones, of New York, are awned varieties. 
May is now used most connuonly as a synonym for Red INIay. although it 
probably was originally a white-kerneled wheat of earlier origin than Red May. 
Fig. 45. — Outline map of the eastern United 
States, showing the distribution of Red 
May wheat in 1919. 
1,165,900 acres. 
