CLASSIFICATION OF AMERICAN WHEAT VARIETIES. 178 
KEY TO THE VARIETIES OF CLUB WHEAT. 
la. Spike Awnless. 
2a. Glumes Glabrous. 
3a. Glumes White. 
4a. Kernels White ( Triticum compadum humboldtii Kcke.). 
Kernels Short to Midlong. 
Kernels Soft to Semihard. Page. 
Winter Habit Hybrid 128 173 
Spring Habit, 
Plant tall. 
Spike oblong-fusiform Little Club 174 
Spike clavate Big Club 175 
Plant short; glumes and kernels very short. 
Spike elliptical Hybrid 143 176 
Kernels Semihard to Hard. 
Winter Habit. 
Spike oblong-fusiform Hybrid 60 176 
Spring Habit. 
Spike elliptical Hybrid 63 176 
4b. Kernels Red ( T. c. wernerianum Kcke.) 
Kernels Short to Midlong. 
Kernels Soft to Semihard. 
Spring Habit. 
Kernels soft Hybrid 108 177 
Kernels semihard Hybrid 123 177 
3b. Glumes Brown. 
4a. KJERNELS White (T.c. rufulum Kcke.). 
Kernels Short to Midlong. 
Kernels Soft to Semihard. 
Spring Habit. 
Spike oblong-fusiform; glumes dark brown. 
Plant tall, late Jenkin 178 
Spike clavate. 
Glumes light brown Redchaff 178 
Glumes bluish brown Bluechaff 178 
4b. Kernels Red (T.c. crdisum Al.). 
Kernels Short to Midlong. 
KiRNELS Soft to Semihard. 
Spring Habit. 
Spike elKptical, stem purple Dale 179 
2b. Glumes Pubescent. 
3a. Glumes White. 
4a. KERNELS Red ( T. c. loittmackianum Kcke.). 
KJERNELS Short to Midlong. 
KJERNELS Soft to Semihard. 
Winter Habit; spike elliptical Coppei 179 
3b. Glumes Brown. 
4b. Kernels White. 
Kernels Short to Midlong. 
Kernels Soft to Semihard. 
Spring Habit. 
Plant short, early Wilbur 180 
lb. Spike Awned. 
2a. Glumes Glabrous. 
3a. Glumes Brown. 
4a. Kernels Red ( T. c. erinaceum Kcke.). 
Kernels Short to Midlong. 
Kernels Soft to Semihard. 
Spring Habtt Mayview 180 
DESCRIPTION, HISTORY, DISTRIBUTION, AND SYNONYMY OF CLUB WHEAT 
VARIETIES. 
HYBRID 128. 
Description. — Plant winter habit, midseason. midtall; stem white, strong, 
stout ; spike awnless, elliptical, dense, erect ; glumes glabrous, white, short, wide ; 
shoulders narrow, usually rounding; beaks wide, obtuse, 0.5 mm. long; apical 
