CLASSIFICATION OF AMERICAN WHEAT VARIETIES. 129 
A spike, glumes, and kernels of Oatka Chief are shown in I'late XXXV, A. 
History. — Oatka Chief was originated by A. N. Jones, of Xewark, Wayne 
County, N. Y., in 1896." 
It was distributed by Henderson {110, p. 73) in 1897. In 1905 it was listed 
by the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station as a red-kerneled wheat {20Ii, 
p. 38). This was evidently an error, however, or else this station had a different 
wheat. 
Distribution. — This variety probably now has disappeared from commercial 
cultivation. It is still grown at several of the eastern experiment stations. 
MAMMOTH AMBER (JONES MAMMOTH AMBER). 
Description. — Plant winter habit, late, midtall; stem purple, strong, stout; 
spike awned, clavate, middense to dense, erect to inclined ; glumes glabrous, 
white, midlong, midwide ; shoulders narrow, usually oblique ; beaks 2 to 15 nmi. 
long ; awns 3 to 6 cm. long ; kernels white, midlong, soft, ovate ; germ midsized ; 
crease narrow^ to midwide, shallow to middeep ; cheeks usually rounded ; brush 
midsized, midlong. 
This variety differs from the Seneca Chief and Oatka Chief principally in 
having purple stems. 
History. — This variety also was originated by A. N. Jones {121). He has 
recorded its history as follows : 
This fine varl,.ty of wheat originated from cros;^breeding my American 
Bronze, known in many sections as No. 8 (its trial-bed number). This cross 
was crossbred with Early Genesee Giant. 
Jones Mammoth Amber was advertised and distributed by Peter Henderson & 
Co. in 1906. 
Distribution. — This wheat is not known to be commercially grown at the 
present time. 
PALISADE (WHITE PALISADE). 
Description. — Plant spring habit, midseason, midtall; stem white, w^eak, 
slender ; spike awned, fusiform, middense, inclined to- nodding ; glumes glabrous, 
white, midlong, narrow ; shoulders wanting to narrow, oblique ; beaks 2 to 
4 mm. long ; awns 3 to 7 cm. long ; kernels white, midlong, soft, ovate to ellipti- 
cal ; germ small ; crease narrow to midwide, shallow ; cheeks rounded to angu- 
lar; brush midsized, short. 
A spike, glumes, and kernels of Palisade are show^n in Plate XXXV, B. 
Historry. — White Palisade wheat was obtained by the North Platte substation, 
North Platte, Nebr., from a farmer in the vicinity of Palisade, Nebr., about 1907. 
The previous history of the variety is undetermined. The White Oregon 
variety, which appears to be synonymous, was grown in the central part of the 
United States many years ago. 
Distribution. — Growm under the names of synonyms in Colorado, Nebraska, 
and western Kansas. 
Synonyms. — White Oregon and W^hite Spring. Samples of White Oregon 
were obtained in Logan and Kawlins Counties, Kans., in 1919. The variety was 
reported in several other counties in Kansas as well. White Spring is a descrip- 
tive name for the Palisade variety used by many growers in Kansas and 
Nebraska. 
1" Printed stationery of Mr. Jones. 
95539°— 22— Bull. 1074 9 
