SOME NEW VARIETIES OF RICE. 11 
SALVO. 
The Salvo is a pure-line selection from the Djember variety, which 
was obtained by the United States Department of Agriculture in 
1904 from Charles A. Franc, Soerabaya, Java. 
The selection was made at the Rice Experiment Station, Crowley, 
La., by the writers in 1911. The name Salvo is derived from the 
Latin, meaning safe, and was applied to this selection in 1917. The 
selection was increased from nursery to plat experiments in 1914. The 
plat yields are given in Table 2. The variety was distributed in 
southwestern Louisiana for commercial growing in 1918. The acre- 
age of Salvo (C. I. No. 1297) is not definitely known, as at present 
it is grown only for home use. 
The stout culms of this variety are green and usually number six 
to the plant. Their average height, including the panicles, is 51 
inches. The culm nodes are green, marked with brown; the sheath 
nodes are light green. The auricles are conspicuous and persistent. 
The ligules average three-fourths of an inch in length. The leaf 
blades are broad, averaging three-fourths of an inch in width. The 
panicles have an average length of 10J inches, and each bears on an 
average 143 seeds. 
The seeds (PI. Ill, E and F) average 10.3 millimeters in length 
and 3.1 millimeter in thickness. The glumes are brown and have 
smooth margins. The hull, which loosely incloses the kernel, is 
light yellow and medium in thickness. Its surface is thickly covered 
with short white hairs, which obscure in part its burlaplike appear- 
ance. The apex of the hull terminates in two conical purple teeth, 
which are located on the meson. These are unequal in length and 
bent ventrad. The conical lateral teeth are usually absent and when 
present are very inconspicuous. 
The kernels (PL III, G and H) average in length 7.7 millimeters, 
in width 1.9 millimeters, and in thickness 2.4 millimeters. Viewed 
laterally, the dorsal and ventral margins are unequally convex, the 
ventral margin being the less so. The distal end is obtuse and 
slightly curved toward the ventral margin. The opaque area is 
narrow and located near the center. 
This variety matures in approximately 144 days and has produced 
an average acre yield of 1,774 pounds of paddy and 1,790 pounds of 
straw. It seems to be well adapted to the lighter soils of south- 
western Louisiana. Salvo, like Delitus. has a pop-cornlike flavor. 
HONDURAS. 
The name Honduras was applied to a long-grain rice that was 
imported from Honduras into Louisiana through commercial sources, 
probably as early as 1890. On account of its productiveness it soon 
supplanted the Carolina varieties on the Delta lands of the State 
and later was introduced into southwestern Louisiana, where it was 
the leading variety as long as new land was available for rice culture. 
It probably is a strain of the Creole variety, which is extensively 
grown in Morelos, Mexico. 
The very stout green culms of the Honduras variety usually num- 
ber five to the plant. Their average height, including the panicles, 
is 54 inches. The culm nodes are dark green; sheath nodes light 
green. The auricles are deciduous. The ligules are three-fourths of 
