166 BITLLETIX 1074, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTURE. 
AEIETTE. 
Description. — Plant winter habit, midseason, midtall ; stem white, midstrong ; 
spike awned, fusiform, lax, inclined to nodding; glumes glabrous, brown, mid- 
long, midwide ; shoulders midwide, oblique to elevated ; beaks 1 to 10 mm. long ; 
awns 2 to 10 cm. long; kernels red, raidlong to long, usually semihard, ovate; 
germ midsized ; crease midwide, middeep ; cheeks angular ; brush midsized, 
midlong. 
History. — Ariette presumably is of Italian origin. It was obtained by the 
Portland Seed Co. from Italians in the vicinity of Portland, Oreg., who claim 
to have introduced it from Italy, where it is known as Ariette. 
Distribution. — Said by the Portland Seed Co. to be grown in the vicinity of 
Portland, Oreg. They sold seed of the variety for a number of years. 
Synonyms — ^Aulieata. This is the name under which the Portland Seed Co. 
sold seed of the Ariette variety in 1919. They submitted a sample of the 
wheat to the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station for identification and 
were informed that it probably was Aulieata. They, therefore, advertised it 
under that name in 1919. It was later determined, however, that it was not 
Aulieata. 
MEDITEEBANEAN. 
Descriptimi. — Plant winter habit, midseason, taU; stem purple, midstrong, 
coarse ; spike awned, fusiform, middense, erect to inclined ; glumes glabrous, 
brown, long, midwide, easily deciduous ; shoulders wanting to narrow, oblique ; 
beaks 1 to 8 mm. long ; awns 3 to 7 cm. long ; kernels red, long, soft, elliptical ; 
germ midsized; crease midwide, middeep; cheeks rounded; brush midsized, 
midlong. 
A spike, glumes, and kernels of Mediterranean 'are shown in Plate XLVI, A. 
History. — Reference to the Mediterranean variety in American literature 
begins in 1842, when the variety was widely grown, with the statement that it 
had been introduced some years before. One writer says {103, p. 228) it was 
introduced into Maryland from the Mediterranean Sea region in 1837. In 1863 
it was recorded {HI, p. 501) that it was introduced in 1819 from Genoa, Italy, 
by John Gordon, of Wilmington, Del. It came into prominence in New York 
between 1845 and 1855, from which time its culture spread rapidly westward. 
Its early popularity apparently was gained because it was mere resistant to 
Hessian fly damage than other varieties. It was found also to be several days 
earlier than the commonly growu winter wheats, such as the Flint, Bluestem, 
Red Bluestem, Golden Straw, and other wheats grown at that time. It was 
called rust resistant probably because of its earliness, and was commended as 
a high yielder of especially heavy grain and adapted to poorer soils than most 
varieties. White wheats being the standard, it was vigorously criticized, espe- 
cially by millers, because its red kernels yielded a dark flour and because of 
the thickness of the bran. This disapproval persisted for at least 25 years, 
but after the introduction of roller mills it became recognized as a good milling 
wheat. In the earlier years it became known under many dilferent names, as 
Bearded Mediterranean, Red Mediterranean, and Red ChafI: Mediterranean, to 
distinguish it from other and dilferent varieties to which the name ^lediter- 
ranean became attached. Other synonyms were Columbian and Quaker in 
Pennsylvania and German in Maryland. These names apparently now have 
gone out of use. This early confusion in names probably was the result of re- 
peated introductions. 
Distrihution. — Grown in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, 
Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missis- 
