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ing less than one-half an inch wide. Average length of panicles 
eight inches. Berry long and thin. Introduced by A. H. Goddard, 
Fort Atkinson, Iowa, and originally from Germany, having been 
brought to Iowa by German immigrants. 
No.10. White Probsteier. Average height three feet two inches. 
Culm erect, but occasionally decumbent; slender. Leaves linear, 
averaging less than one-half an inch in width, and at times exceed- ~ 
ing eleven inches in length; base of leaf-blade slightly white. 
Average length af panicle eight inches; berry of good size. 
No. 11. White Schcenen. Average height three feet three inches. 
Culm erect or decumbent; not stout. Leaves linear, averaging one- 
half an inch in width, and occasionally exceeding twelve inches in 
length; white base of leaf-blade not very pronounced. Average 
length of panicles eight inches; berry large. Imported from Ger- 
many in 1868 by Department of Agriculture. 
No. 12. Yellow or Golden Prize. Average height three feet. 
Culm weak, often decumbent. Leaves linear, averaging one-half an 
inch in width, and occasionally exceeding thirteen inches in length ; 
slightly white at base of leaf-blade. Average length of panicle seven 
inches ; berry quite large and long. 
**Berry short, plump, and abruptly pointed. 
No. 18. Board of Trade (Sibley). Average height three feet six 
inches. Oulm erect, and strong until maturity. Leaves lance-linear, 
attaining a length of thirteen inches, with an average length of one- 
half an inch; slightly white at base of leaf-blade. Panicles average 
nine inches in length. 
No. 14. New Australian. Synonyms: Race Horse (Greg). Aver- 
age height three feet six inches. Culm fairly stout, and usually 
erect, though sometimes decumbent. Average width of Jeaves 
slightly over one-half inch, and in length occasionally exceeding 
fourteen inches; lance-linear; white at base of leaf-blade. The 
foliage has an erect growth along the stem, and reaches to, and often 
above the panicles when at maturity. 
No. 15. White Australian (Sibley). Synonyms: Welcome (Greg ), 
White Belgian (Greg.). Average height three feet ten inches. 
Culm fairly stout, and slightly decumbent at the base. Leaves 
averaging slightly over one-half an inch wide, and occasionally ex- 
ceeding fourteen inches in length; slightly white at base of leaf- 
blade. Average length of panicles, nine inches; color very light 
reen. oe 
: Sus-sPEciEs (b). Panicle closed, or but slightly open at maturity, the 
branchlets being erect along the rachis of the panicle. 
t Color black or light dun. 
Varteties. No. 16. Black Tartarian. (Sibley). Average height 
three feet three inches. Culm erect andvery stout. Average width 
of leaf over one-half an inch, and exceeding at times thirteen inchesin 
length; base of leaf-blade slightly white. Panicles compact, erect, 
averaging nine inches in length. Berry not always black, but more 
often of a dark dun color; size medium. This variety has long been 
