CLASSIFICATION OF AMERICAN WHEAT VARIETIES. 171 
Synonym. — Wisconsin Wonder. Prelude wheat has been distributed as 
Wisconsin Wonder by H. E. Krueger, of Beaver Dam, Wis. In advertising the 
variety Mr, Krueger claims to have originated it from tlie selection of a plant 
grown in a field of Marquis about 1910. The distribution of Wisconsin Wonder 
wheat dates from 1916. It was reported in 1919 from seven counties in Wis- 
consin. 
HUMPBACK. 
Description, — Plant spring habit, late, tall; stem white, midstrong; spike 
awned, fusiform, middense to lax, inclined ; glumes pubescent, white, long, 
midwide ; shoulders usually wanting, sometimes narrow, oblique ; beaks 2 to 8 
mm. long; awns 3 to 8 cm, long; kernels pale red, midlong to long, semihard, 
ovate, humped ; germ large ; crease midwide, deep, pitted ; cheeks rounded to 
angular ; brush small, long. 
This variety is distinct because of its pubescent glumes and its rather large, 
soft kernels, which are distinctly humped. It is a very poor milling and 
bread-making variety. A spike, glumes, and kernels of Humpback are shown 
in Plate XLVIII, B. 
History. — The Humpback variety originated from field selections made by 
J, P, Berglund, a farmer living near Kensington, Minn, {190, p. 1). The original 
head was probably the result of a natural field hybrid. 
Two strains were developed, the first being the strain 
above described, which was distributed about 1905. 
The second has glabrous glumes, but is otherwise 
similar. It is described elsewhere as Dixon, 
Distribution. — Humpback wheat was reported spar- 
ingly grown in Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, North 
Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. (Fig. 67,) 
Synonyms. — Bearded Bluestem and World Beater, pj^^ g^^ Outline map of 
Bearded Bluestem is the name by which the variety the north-central United 
was first distributed by Mr, Berglund, but the name States, showing the dis- 
Humpback soon became attached to the variety and tribution of Humpback 
n -. ^ -, . ^ -, , wheat m 1919. Esti- 
the use of the name Bearded Bluestem largely has mated area, 31,900 acres, 
been discontinued, W^orld Beater is the name under 
which a wheat practically identical with Humpback was obtained from 
a farmer named Bruegger, in the vicinity of Williston, N. Dak,, in 1913, At 
that time World Beater was cultivated to a small extent in that locality. It 
was not reported in 1919. 
PENQUITE (PENQUITE's VELVET CHATF). 
Description. — Plant winter habit, midseason, midtall ; stem purple, mid- 
strong; spike awned, fusiform, middense, nodding; glumes pubescent, brown, 
long, midwide, easily deciduous ; shoulders wanting to narrow, usually oblique ; 
beaks 1 to 2 mm. long ; awns 3 to 7 cm, long ; kernels red, midlong, soft, ovate, 
humped ; germ midsized ; crease midwide, middeep ; cheeks rounded ; brush 
small, midlong. 
History. — According to Thorne (192, p. 618) : 
This wheat originated in Clinton County, Ohio, where in 1857 or 1858 Mr. 
Abram Penqaite, while cradling in a field of wheat, noticed three heads of a 
dilferent variety from the rest of the field. These he saved and propagated, 
and from them has come the wheat now widely known in southwestern Ohio 
as the Velvet Chafe. 
