ALASKA AND STONER, OR " MIRACLE," WHEATS. 3 
The chaff is usually without hairs, but sometimes it is hairy. Some 
have simple heads, like the common and durum wheats; others have 
branched heads. 
The poulard variety here discussed as 
Alaska wheat is fairly well known in the 
United States. It has branched heads and 
no hairs on the chaff. It has been adver- 
tised many different 
times under many 
names, but has 
never become per- 
manently e s t a b - 
lished. On account 
Pig. 1. — Large, medium, and small heads of Alaska wheat. (About half natural size.) 
of the large, branching head it has always been easy to interest people 
in this variety. Heads of this wheat are shown in figure 1. 
EARLY HISTORY OF ALASKA WHEAT. 
Poulard wheat in one or another of its forms is grown to some 
extent in the Mediterranean region of Europe. This variety of 
poulard wheat with branched head has been known in this country 
under many different names. Among them are Alaska, Egyptian, 
Eldorado, Jerusalem, Many-Headed, Many- Spiked, Miracle, Multi- 
ple-Headed, Mummy, Reed, Seven-Headed, Smyrna, Syrian, Wheat 
