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as he has many times found it mixed with other wheats 
that came in a direct line from the Sea of Azof. It is at 
the present time grown in certain portions of France, and 
is thought to be especially suited to mountainous regions. 
Described by Vilmorin as bronze, but with us the glumes 
are distinctly white. 
14. HUNGARIAN WHITE CHAFF, 0. E. 8.3 P.,& H. 
Spring growth poor to fair, erect: Straw whitish-yellow: Culm weak, 
often reclining: Panicles long-bearded, white, glabrous, loose, tapering, 
flattened: Grain very clear dark amber, medium to long, plump or slightly 
contracted: Thrashes easily from glume. 
Culm: average height 3 feet 10 inches; diameter 1-8 to 3-16 
inch, average 1-8. 
Leaves: per culm 4; length + to 11 1-2 inches, average 8, 
width of upper leaf 5-16 to 5-8 inch, average 1-2; lower 3-16 
to 5-16 inch, average 3-16. 
Panicle: average length 3 1-2 +; average thickness 3 8 
inch; breadth 1-2 to 5-8 inch; average 1-2; spikelets per pani- 
cle 13 to 20, average 17; grains per spikelet 2 to 3, average 
3; one thousand weigh 645 grains. 
15. MAMMOTH, C. G. 
Culms large but weak: Panicles very long bearded, white, glabrous, com- 
pact or nearly so, very slightly tapering: Grain white, very large, slightly 
shrunken, and short for the size. 
Culm : average height 3 feet 2 inches, tallest plant 3 feet 
7 1-2 inches ; diameter 1-6 to 1-4 inch, average 1-5. 
Leaves: per culm 4; length 8 to 15 1-2 inches, average 
10; width of upper leaf 1-2 to 15-16 inch, average 5-8; lower 
1-8 to 1-2 inch, average 1-4. 
Panicle: average length 5 1-2+inches; thickness 3-8 to 
1-2 inch, average, 1-2; breadth 5-8 to 3-4 inch, average 
11-16 ; spikelets per panicle average 27 ; grains per spikelet 
3 to 6, average 4; one hundred weigh 111 grains. 
In 1883 the station received from the ‘‘ Country Gentle- 
man,”’at Albany, N. Y., an envelope containing a few seeds 
of aremarkably large, beautiful white wheat. The envelope 
had originally come from ‘‘ The East Tennesseé Seed Co.,” 
Cleveland, Tenn., and on the outside was written, ‘‘ The 
largest wheat in the world.” The most active inquiry has 
failed to reveal more of the history of this variety. The 
heads are remarkable, one of which was 6 inches long and 
contained 31 spikelets. But the variety is not hardy for 
this latitude and goes through the winter badly. In order 
to shorten the name, I have designated this, Mammoth 
wheat, instead of adopting that sent to the Station, which 
was evidently more explanatory than otherwise. 
