DISTRIBUTION OF WHEAT IN THE UNITED STATES 
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Portage, a selection of Poole, developed at the Ohio Agricultural 
Experiment Station, was reported as being grown on 57,320 acres in 
Ohio in 1924, having increased from 4,500 acres in 1919. Portage was 
reported also as being grown in New York, West Virginia, Indiana, 
and Pennsylvania. 
MEDITERRANEAN 
Mediterranean wheat is one of the oldest named varieties in the 
United States, having been introduced from the Mediterranean region 
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-Distribution of Mediterranean wheat in 1919. Estimated area, 
2,770,100 acres 
of Europe more than a hundred years ago. It is still widely grown, 
being reported from 26 States in 1919 and again in 1924. The distri- 
bution in these two 
years is shown in Fig- 
ures 38 and 39. The 
area of greatest pro- 
duction of Mediter- 
ranean wheat is 
northeastern Texas, 
where about half the 
acreage of this variety 
is grown. The decline 
of wheat growing in 
this area was largely 
responsible for the de- 
crease in acreage of 
Mediterranean from 
2,770,100 acres in 1919 
to 599,967 acres in 
1924 and the conse- 
quent drop in its per- 
centage standing from 
fourth to ninth place 
(not considering durum wheat). A small increase in acreage of Medi- 
terranean appears to have occurred in a few States, particularly in 
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-Distribution of Mediterranean wheat in 1924. 
area, 599,967 acres 
Estimated 
