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11. FRENCH IMPERIAL, JOHN. 
Synonym: New York Spring, Thorb. 
Culms not very stout, leaning usually to the ground, especially when large = 
Panicle long bearded, white, glabrous, very loose, tapering: Grain medium 
dark amber, sometimes mottled, of medium size, fairly plump, medium 
long: Thrashes from glume very well: A spring variety. 
Culm: average height 3 feet 3 inches, tallest plant 4 feet. 
1 inch; diameter 1-8 to 1-5 inch, average 1-6. 
Leaves: per culm 3, sometimes 4; length 4 3-4 to 15 1-2 
inches, average 10; width of upper leaf 1-4 to 58 inch, 
average 7-16; lower 1-8 to 5-16 inch, average 3-16. 
Panicle: average length 6 + inches; thickness 5-16 to 7-16. 
inch, average barely 3-8; breadth 5-16 to 11-16 inch, average 
9-16; spikelets pei panicle average 20; grains per spikelet 2 
to 5, average 3. 
12. GEIGER, BLOUNT. 
Culms small.and weak: Panicles bearded, white, glabrous, loose tapering,. 
very irregular in length: Grain pale amber, of medium size, slightly shrunk- 
en, fairly long: Thrashes very good: A spring variety. 
Culm: average height 2 feet 8 inches, tallest plant 3 feet. 
10; diameter 1-16 to 1-6 inch, average 1-8. 
Leaves: per culm 4; length 4 to 10 inches, average 6 1-25. 
width of upper leaf 1-4 to 9-16 inch, average 3-8; lower 1-8 
to 5-16 inch, average 3-16. 
Panicle: average length 4 1-4 + inches; thickness 38 to 
7-16 inch, avarage 3-8; breadth 1-2 to 3-4 inch, average 9-16; 
spikelets per panicle average 17; grains per spikelet 1 to 5, 
average 3. 
13. HERISSON. VIL. 
Synonym: Herisson brun, Vil. 
Culm medium stout, short, and erect as a rule: Panicle short to medium 
long bearded, white, glabrous, compact, abruptly pointed, being noticeably 
larger at the top than at the base: Grain small, short, plump, dark amber 
or mottled: Thrashes very well from glume: A spring variety. 
Culm; average height 2 feet 3 inches, tallest plant 2 feet 
9 inches; diameter 1-8 to 1-5 inch, average 1-7. 
Leaves: per culm 4; length 4 1-4 to 12 1-4 inches, average 
8: width of upper leaf 1-4 to 9-16 inch, average 5-16; lower 
1-8 to 5-16 inch, average 3-16. 
Panicle: average length 2 3-4 + inches; thickness 3-8 to. 
7-8 inch, average 1-2; breadth 3-8 to 5-8, average 1-2; spike- 
lets per panicle average 17; grains per spikelet 1 to 5, 
average 4. : 
Vilmorin says! that the origin of this variety is not. 
well-known; he thinks that it comes from Southern Russia, 
‘Les Meilleurs Bles., 1880, p. 114. 



