SOME NEW VARIETIES OF RICE. 9 
The kernels (PI. II, G and H) average in length T.5 millimeters, 
in width 1,8 millimeters, and in thickness 2.4 millimeters. Viewed 
laterally, the dorsal and ventral margins are equally convex, and 
their distal end is obtuse. The opaque area when present is narrow 
and located near the center of the kernel. 
This variety matures in approximately 143 days and has produced 
an average acre yield of 2,443 pounds of paddy and 2,310 pounds 
of straw. It seems well adapted to southwestern Louisiana, pro- 
ducing larger yields on the clay soils of the prairies than on the 
alluvial Delta lands. This rice shows a strong tendency to shatter 
when it matures in late autumn. This loss may be prevented by 
early seeding. Production on poor soils is greater from this variety 
than from any of the varieties now grown on the Coastal Plain in 
the Louisiana-Texas rice belt. On account of the white thin bran 
of the kernel it might be used to meet the increasing demand for 
"brown" or "natural" rice. 
EVANGELINE. 
The Evangeline is a pure-line selection from an unnamed variety 
which was obtained by the L T nited States Department of Agriculture 
in 1904 from the rice exhibit of Guatemala at the Louisiana Purchase 
Exposition. The selection was made at the Rice Experiment Station, 
Crowley. La., by the writers in 1911. The name Evangeline is 
taken from Longfellow's poem of the same name and was applied 
to this selection in 1917. It was increased from nursery to plat ex- 
periments in 1914. The plat yields are given in Table 2. The 
variety was distributed in southwestern Louisiana for commercial 
growing in 1918. No accurate estimate of the acreage of Evangeline 
(C. I. No. 1162) can be made at present. It probably will be grown 
more extensively on the Delta lands than in the prairie sections of 
Louisiana. 
The stout green culms of the Evangeline variety are slightly flexed 
at the second node and usually number six to the plant. Their 
average height, including the panicles, is 45 inches. The culm nodes 
are dark green ; sheath nodes light green. The auricles are prominent 
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 8J inches, 
and each bears on an average 140 seeds. 
The seeds (PL II, / and J) average 9 millimeters in length and 
3.1 millimeters in thickness. The glumes are pale yellow and have 
smooth margins. The hull tightly incloses the kernel, is light yellow, 
medium in thickness, and thinly covered with very short white hairs. 
The apex of the hull terminates in two conical light -yellow teeth. 
These are located on the meson, are unequal in length, and distinctly 
bent ventrad. The conical lateral teeth are usually absent and when 
present are inconspicuous. 
The kernels (PL II, K and L) average in length 7 millimeters, in 
width 1.8 millimeters, and in thickness 2.6 millimeters. Viewed later- 
ally, the dorsal and ventral margins are equally convex, and their 
distal end is obtuse. The opaque area often extends from the dorsal 
margin to the center. 
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