132 BULLETIN 1074, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
field and Spangle, Wash. Diener Hybrids and Diener No. 18 are names under 
which Baart wheat was distributed by the Richard Diener Co., Kentfleld, 
Calif. The so-called Diener Hybrids were first distributed in the fall of 1918. 
There were three similar strains known as Nos. 2, 16, and 18. Concerning 
Diener No. 18, Mr. Diener has written as follows :^" 
This No. 18 was produced as follows : The original 50 berries were picked 
out of chicken feed and planted, but when the plants came up they showed no 
unusual qualities, being just common ordinary wheat. These 50 berries had 
been planted about 20 inches apart in the rows and the rows about 20 inches 
apart. About 30 plants lived and from the natural pollinization back and forth 
between these 30 plants the hybridization resulted. The important features 
of my process lie in the selection of the original 50 berries. 
TALIMKA. 
Description. — Plant spring habit, early, short ; stem white, slender, weak ; 
spike awned, fusiform, middense to lax, inclined ; glumes glabrous, white, mid- 
long, midwide, firm ; shoulders narrow to midwide, oblique to apiculate ; beaks 
5 to 40 mm. long ; awns 2 to 5 cm. long ; kernels white, long, hard, ovate, slightly 
humped; germ small; crease midwide, shallow; cheeks angular; brush usually 
small, short. 
This variety differs from Chul only in having white kernels. The kernels 
are large, hard, corneous, and greatly resemble those of durum wheats, except 
that the brush is longer. 
History. — Talimka wheat was introduced from Russian Turkestan by the 
United States Department of Agriculture in 1904 (197, S. P. I. No. 10611) and 
also as a mixture in introductions of Chul. The name Talimka was not a part 
of the record of the introduction above cited,- but was applied to the wheat 
about 1916, as it was identical with a later introduction from Russia which 
bore that name (C. I. No. 3717). A still later introduction under the name of 
Talimka was obtained from Russia (C. I. No. 5016), but this M^heat proved to 
be similar to Ghirka. 
Distribution. — Talimka wheat is grown at experiment stations in the Pacific 
coast areas, but not commercially except as a mixture in Chul. 
Synonym. — Saumur. This variety is identical with Talimka. It was intro- 
duced by the United States Department of Agriculture in 1903 from France, 
where it has been grown for many years. 
NEBRASKA NO. 28. 
Description. — Plant winter habit, early, short; stem white, midstrong; spike 
awnless, fusiform, middense, inclined ; glumes glabrous, white, midlong, mid- 
wide, easily deciduous ; shoulders narrow to midwide, oblique to square ; beaks 
2 to 5 mm. long ; awns 2 to 5 cm. long ; kernels red, short to midlong, soft to 
semihard, ovate, slightly humped; germ small; crease narrow to midwide, 
shallow ; cheeks rounded ; brush midsized, midlong. 
Nebraska No. 28 resembles Turkey somewhat, but usually is about 6 inches 
shorter, ripens from 7 to 10 days earlier, has softer kernels, and shatters more 
easily. 
History. — ^This wheat is the result of a cross between Big Frame and Turkey, 
made in 1902 by either T. L. Lyon or Alvin Kezer at the Nebraska Agricultural 
Experiment Station. The Turkey variety was probably the male parent. Num- 
ber 28 is a selection from the progeny made by Montgomery, which was later 
further selected and thoroughly tested by Kiesselbach. 
2" Correspondence with the Office of Cereal Investigations, dated Aug. 28, 1918. 
