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Early foliage medium green, coarse, fairly profuse: Stools medium: Culms 
“of large size, weak, and usually reclining or lodging before or at maturity : 
Sheaths loose: Panicle open, large, coarse, long, weak, light green: Grain 
whitish-yellow, very short and plump, abruptly pointed, trequently awned, 
‘base sometimes slightly hairy capped: Thrashes very easily. 
Culm: average height 3 feet 10 inches; diameter 1-7 to 
8-10 inch, average 1-4. | 
Leaves : per culm 4 to 5, average 4; length of top leaf 6 
to 11 inches, average 8 1-2; second leaf attains 16 inches, 
average 14 ; width of upper leaf 9-16 to 1 3-16 inch, average 
1 1-16 ; lower 3-16 to 5-8 inch, average 1-2. 
Panicle : average length 9 inches; peduncles7 to 9, aver- 
age 8; grains per spikelet 2, usually appearing as one, the 
larger enclosing smaller in its suture formed by flowering 
glume. 
23. WHITE VICTORIA, DEP’T AGL. 
Early foliage light green, sparse, medium size: Stools poorly: Culms of 
medium size, fairly stout, usually erect; sheaths slightly loose: Panicle 
open, large, long, stout, well seeded: Grain of medium size, very plump, 
‘short, abruptly pointed, whitish-yellow, frequently awned, short hairs 
usually capping the base: Thrashes easily. 
Culm: average height 3 feet 6 inches, tallest plant 4 feet 8 
inches ; diameter 1-8 to 1-4 inch, average 1-6. 
Leaves: per culm 4 to 5, average 4; length of top leaf, 5 
to 10 inches, average 7; second leaf attains 15 1-2 inches, 
average 11 1-2; width of upper leaf 3-8 to 1 inch, average 
3-4; lower 5-16 to 5-8 inch, average 7-16. 
Panicle: average length 12 inches; peduncles 5 to 8, 
average 7; grains per spikelet 2, larger seed often enfolding 
smaller. 
Distributed in 1886 by the U. 8. Department of Agricul- 
ture, and stated to have been imported from Russia. 
tt Color of berry black. 
24. BLACK CHAMPION, P. & H. 
Early foliage dark green, fine, profuse: Stools well: Culms strong and 
‘erect; sheath tight or slightly loose: Panicles open, rather delicate, long: 
Grains of medium size, fairly plump, generally abruptly pointed; dark 
black-brown, excepting the tip which is scarious and whitish; usually 
awned ; base of grain capped with delicate hairs about 1-8 inch long, and 
sometimes white hairs are on the body of the grain: Thrashes hard. 
Culm : average height 3 feet 3 inches; diameter 1-8 to 
1-4 inch, average 1-6. 
Leaves: per culm 5 to 6, average 5; length of top leaf 3 
to 11 inches, average 7 1-2; second leaf attains 15 1-2 inches, 
average 13; width of upper leaf 3-8 to 7-8 inch, average 
11-16; lower 1-4 to 1-2 inch, average 5-16. 
