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WHEAT. 
Additional varieties of wheat which have been somewhat cultivated in this State. 
1. Velvet-chaff Bald (PI. XXVII, fig. 4). Chaff greenish brown and dotted, without beard or 
awns. 
2. Wheatland Yelloio (PL XXVII, fig. 5). Chaff pale yellow, with short awns; heads large 
and berry large. 
3. Virginia Blue-straw (PL XXVII, fig. 6). Chaff yellowish, without a beard; head small. 
4. Hume's White (PL XXVII, fig. 8). Heads rather long and slender; chaff yellow. 
5. Bearded Baltic (PL XXVII, fig. 7). Heads thick and heavy ; chaff yellowish brown, bearded ; 
beards moderately long. 
6. Skinner's Club (PL XXVII, fig. 9). Kernels clustered in whorls; chaff greenish yellow, 
bearded. 
7. Old Bearded Tuscany. Kernels clustered, and with long beards, greenish yellow ; heads 
rather long. 
8. Pale Red-chaff (PL XXVII, fig. 11). Kernels thickly clustered ; chaff pale brown, beardless; 
heads rather long. 
9. Baltic Downy (PI. XXVII, fig. 13). Chaff brown, quite downy; heads long, beardless. 
10. Old Black Bald (PL XXVII, fig. 14). Kernels irregularly clustered ; chaff brown, bearded. 
11. Poland White Bald (PL XXVII, fig. 15). Berry irregularly clustered; chaff greenish 
yellow, awned, or with shortish beards. 
12. New Velvet-chaff (PL XXVII, fig. 17). Kernels very thickly clustered, bearded. 
13. Black Velvet-chaff (PL XXVIII, fig. 5). Kernels closely set and thick; chaff very dark. 
14. Bald Baltic. Kernels thickly set in regular rows; chaff light brown; heads thick, heavy. 
15. Old White-flint (PL XXVIII, fig. 10). Kernels clustered; chaff yellow, beardless; heads 
rather short. 
16. Early Velvet-beard. Kernels clustered in whorls; heads long and yellow. 
17. Italian Spring Wheat (PL XXVIII, fig. 14). Kernels clustered, irregularly arranged upon 
the spike ; chaff greenish yellow, thickly bearded. 
18. Bearded Valparaiso. Kernels in rows, regularly arranged; head short and thick, bearded. 
19. Washington Wheat (Pl. XXIX). Heads very large and long; chaff brown; beards long; 
berry rather dark, but numerous, amounting to 70 or 80. 
20. Verplanck Wheat. Heads quite large and beautiful; berry of the largest size. 
21. Club Wheat, Pennsylvania Wheat (PL XXIX). Heads short; kernels in regular rows, 
bearded. 
22. Spring Red-chaff (PL XXIX). Kernels clustered ; heads long ; chaff reddish brown, 
bearded. 
23. Spring Wintington Wheat (PL XXIX). Kernels thickly set, but irregular and large ; chaff 
yellow, bearded. 
