124 BrXLETIX 1074, V. S. DEPAETMEXT OF AGEICrXTrEE. 
This, like all other wheats grown in California, is a winter wheat and should 
probably be generally treated as such, and will, no doubt, thrive better in new 
localities after it becomes acclimated by one or two seasons' growth. . . . The 
best successes of my customers are also my own, and the whole wheat crop 
of America "v^'ill soon be enormously increased if this new " Burbank " wheat 
is generally sown. 
The wheat was further advertised and distributed as Super wheat in 1917 
and 1918 by Mr. Btirbank. Apparently most of his stock was purchased and 
resold by the State Seed & Nursery Co., of Helena, Mont, at the price of So 
per potmd. They advertised it as a wheat adapted for both spring and fall 
sowing. It was distributed, therefore, iu many sections where it was not 
adapted. East of the Rooky Mountains it generally winterkilled when fall sown 
and remained prostrate on the ground throughout the growing season when 
spring sown, thus resnlting in failure. Its distribution, therefore, probably 
now is limited to the Paciftc coast and the Intermotmtain areas. It was not 
reported in the varietal survey of 1919. The writers have found Super wheat 
to be identical with Jones Fife in aU taxonomic characters, as well as in yield 
and in milling and baking quality. 
Canadian Hybrid is similar to Jones Fife, except that it sometimes has a. 
slightly longer and laxer spike. It was listed by John A. Salzer, seedsman, of 
La Crosse, Wis., as early as 1895. Concerning it he states that " it originated 
in Canada, on the farm of Clark Parker, through crossing, or in the words of 
the grower, ' I have long had the best crops of winter wheat in my section. I 
would take the best specimens of different sorts, and plant them together, and 
thus continuously improve my yield Now, I can not call any of these sorts 
ptu-e, becatise obtained as above, but can call the Canadian Hybrid enormously 
productive.''' {16S, p. 16, 1900.) It was reported grown in IlUnois, Indiana, 
Michigan, and ^Missotirl 
Crail Fife is a local name appUed to Jones Fife wheat in Montana, Frank 
Cran. of Bozeman, Mont., being the farmer who grew and distributed the 
variety imder that name. Fishhead is a wheat similar to Jones Fife, samples 
of which have been obtained from the Cornell University Agricultural Experi- 
ment Station. Silver King is a name used for Jones Fife in Colorado and 
"Wyoming. According to J. B. Hill, of Westridge, Colo., it has been grown in 
that vicinity for 16 or 18 years. The name Velvet Chaff has been used for 
Jones Fife, as for several other varieties, by many growers. Winter Fife, a 
part of the original name, often is used by growers to distinguish it from the 
well-known spring wheat caUed Fife. 
HAYXES BLrESTZM. 
Descripticni. — Plant spring habit, late, midtall to tall ; stem white, glaucous 
before maturity, midstrong to strong; spike awnless, narrowly fusiform, mid- 
dense to lax, inclined; glumes pubescent, white, short, midlong, narrow, often 
shattering; shoulders midwide, oblique to square; beaks midwide, obtuse, 0.5 
mm. long; apical awns few, 3 to 15 mm, long; kernels red, short to midlong, 
hard, ovate ; germ midsized ; crease narrow, middeep to deep ; cheeks rounded ; 
brush midsize, midlong to long. 
This variety is distinct among the hard spring-wheat varieties because of be- 
ing pubescent. It is very susceptible to stem rust. When rust is not present 
it yields well under humid conditions. It is an excellent milling and bread- 
making wheat. Spikes, glumes, and kernels of Haynes Bluestem are showTi 
in Plate XXXIII, A. 
History. — Haynes Bluestem was first developed through selection by L. H. 
Haynes (107), of Fargo, X. Dak., about 1895. He recorded the following in- 
formation concerning its previous origin and his work toward its improvement : 
