134 BULLETIN 1074, U. S. DEPAETMEXT OF AGEICULTTJEE. 
Synonyms. — Defiance, Egyptian, Farmei*^ Friend, Golden Straw, Grains o'Gold, 
Gipsy Queen, Lebanon, Niagara, and Reliable. 
Defiance is the name under which a wheat practically identical with Gipsy 
was obtained from the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station in 1913. It 
is probable that this name became wrongly applied to this wheat, as the writers 
are not able to find any other record of such application. Egyptian is a name 
frequently used by farmers for the Gipsy variety. Farmers Friend is the name 
which has been applied to Gipsy wheat, as well as several other varieties. A 
sample of Farmers Friend obtained from the Wisconsin station in 1917 as Wis- 
consin No. 55 proved to be a mixture of Gipsy and Fulcaster. Golden Straw 
is the name used for a sample of Gipsy wheat obtained from Kansas in 1919. 
Grains o'Gold is a name applied to a mixed lot of wheat by the J. A. Everitt 
Seed Co. (O. K. Seed Store), Indianapolis, Ind., and distributed about 1912, 
They stated it was originated by E. K. Adams, of Allendale, lU.^ Our samples 
of this wheat contained a considerable proportion of Gipsy with admixtures 
of Fulcaster, Fultz. and Fultzo-Mediterranean, It was 
reported in 1919 from Kentucky. Missouri, Ohio, Ten- 
nessee, and West Virginia. 
Gipsy Queen is a name used for Gipsy in Indiana. 
Lebanon is a wheat similar to Gipsy, though it appears 
to have a slightly harder kernel. Its origin is undeter- 
^'^' ft'Tn^'f ttf ^"^^ ^1 ™^^^' ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ grown by the Ohio Agricultural 
United ^^States show- Experiment Station since about 1893 {204^ p. 39). The 
ing the distribution of name Lebanon is used for other varieties of wheat, one 
Valley wheat in 1919. of which is identical with Mediterranean and another is 
Estimated area, 5,200 ^.^j,^, similar to Mammoth Amber, Niagara is the name 
under which a sample of Gipsy was obtained from Hud- 
sonville, Mich., in 1919. Reliable is a wheat of undetermined origin, practically 
identical with Gipsy. It was grown by the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Sta- 
tion as early as 1888 {81, p. 29). It was reported in 1919 from Michigan and 
Pennsylvania. 
VALIXY. 
Description. — Valley differs from Gipsy only in being taller, slightly earlier, 
and having slightly longer spikes and glumes. Photographs of a spike, glumes, 
and kernels of Valley are shown in Plate XXXVII, B. 
History. — Valley was obtained by the Ohio station from Elias Tetter, Pleasant 
Plain, Ohio, in 1883, and grown by them for the first time in 1881 (81. p, 35). 
It is " said to have originated in the Scioto Valley, Ohio " {11 J^ P- 3). 
Distribution. — Grown in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, and under synonyms in 
Kansas and Texas. This distribution is shown in Figure 54. 
Synonyms. — German Amber, Indiana Swamp, Niagara, Russian Amber, and 
Rust Proof, 
German Amber is a name used for Valley in Cherokee County, Kans. Indiana 
Swamp is a name under which a sample of wheat very similar to Valley was 
obtained from the Illinois station in 1913, A wheat under that name was grown 
by them as early as 1902, The Everitt O. K. Seed Store advertised Indiana 
Swamp wheat in 1899, stating that it was of the ^Mediterranean type. The 
name Swamp is also used for several other varieties. Indiana Swamp was 
reported in 1919 from Indiana, Ohio, and West A'irginia, but most of the wheat 
so reported evidently was Mediterranean, Niagara is the name of a wheat 
obtained from the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station in 1913. which is 
Correspondence with the Office of Cereal InveslignticMis, dated Sept. 20, 1912, 
