390 | ASSEMBLY 
A Synopsis or Oars. 
or dun. (long. 

( Alexander’s No. 2. 
| 


j Plack AA) Olea, } Black Champion, No. 1. 
| Challenge, No. 3. 
Golden, No. 3. 
| Probsteier, No. 5. 
STEN sativa ( Berry Seizure, No 6. 
2-3 flow- | | | long and Washington, No. 7. 
ae Empty | taper White Champion, No. 8. 
glumes com- pointed. ‘* Eureka, No. 9. 
pletely en- | Open ‘©  Probsteier, No. 10. 






closing flow- | pani- White. 4 ‘¢ Scheenen, No. 11. 
ers until ma- { cle. Yellow or Golden Prize, 
turity. Ped- | No. 12. 
icles of flow- | 
| ering glumes Berry ( Board of Trade, No. 13. 
short. Flow- | short, New Australian, No 14. 
Oats. {ering glume | plump. White Australian, No. 15. 
remaining on 
berry. | { Black \eeny ( Black Tartarian, No. 16. 
| or dun. (long. )Mold’s Ennobled, No. 17. 
| Closed 
| F pani- f American Triumph, No 18. 
cle. White Novelty, No. 19. 
| White. ) Berry } Russian, No 20. 
( | long. [Paar sees Zealand, No, 21. 
Avena nu- { 
da, L. 45 
flowered. 
Empty gl’me | Open 


Berry ( Chinese Hulless, No. 22. 
very ) Pringle’s Excelsior, Hull 
very large. < pani- White. 
ess, No. 23 
Seed falling | cle. 
from flower- 
ing glume at 
| maturity. 
small] 


Oat. (Avenda.) 
Spectres 1. Avena satwa, L. Spikelets from two to three flowered 
and completely enclosed by the empty glumes until maturity. 
Flowering glumes strong and tough, becoming hard and tightly 
enclosing the seed ; rounded on the back, and ‘usually awned at or 
near the center, toward the tips, the awn usually being longer than 
the glume. Flowers attached to one another by short, stout pe- 
duncles. 
Sus-sprcrss. (a) Panicle open at maturity, the secondary branches 
being equally spreading on all sides from the rachis. 
+ Color black or dun. 
Varieties. No. 1. Black Champion, Ral New-Yorker). . Av- 
erage height three feet three inches. Culm strong, erect. Leaves 
very abundant, averaging slightly over one-half an inch in width, 
and often exceeding hittesn inches in length; base of blade ahiten 
Average length of panicle ten inches; the flowering glume as a rule 
awned. The number of panicles pr oduced in comparison to plants 
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