. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. CLASSIFICATION OF AMERICAN WHEAT VARIETIES. 171 Synonym,—Wisconsin Wonder. Prelude wheat has been distributed as Wisconsin Wonder by H. E. Krueger, of Beaver Dam, Wis. In advertising the variety Mr. Krueger claims to have originated it from the selection of a plant grown in a held of Marquis about 1910. The distribution of Wisconsiu Wonder wheat dates from 1916. It was reported in 1919 from seven counties in Wis- consin. HUMPBACK. Description.—Plant spring habit, late, tall; stem white, midstrong; spike awned, fusiform
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. CLASSIFICATION OF AMERICAN WHEAT VARIETIES. 171 Synonym,—Wisconsin Wonder. Prelude wheat has been distributed as Wisconsin Wonder by H. E. Krueger, of Beaver Dam, Wis. In advertising the variety Mr. Krueger claims to have originated it from the selection of a plant grown in a held of Marquis about 1910. The distribution of Wisconsiu Wonder wheat dates from 1916. It was reported in 1919 from seven counties in Wis- consin. HUMPBACK. Description.—Plant spring habit, late, tall; stem white, midstrong; spike awned, fusiform, middense to lax. inclined; glumes pubescent, white, long, mid wide; shoulders usually wanting, sometimes narrow, oblique; beaks 2 to 8 mm. long; awns 3 to 8 cm. long; kernels pale red. midlong to long, semihard, ovate, humped; germ large: crease midwide, deep, pitted; cheeks rounded to angular; brush small, long. This variety is distinct because of its pubescent glumes and its rather large, soft kernels, which are distinctly humped. It is a very poor milling and bread-making variety. A spike, glumes, and kernels of Humpback are shown in Plate XLVIII. B. History.—The Humpback variety originated from field selections made by J. P. Berglund, a farmer living near Kensington, Minn. (190, p. 1). The original head was probably the result of a natural field hybrid. Two strains were developed, the first being the strain above described, which was distributed about 1905. The second has glabrous glumes, but is otherwise .similar. It is described elsewhere as Dixon. Distribution.—Humpback wheat Avas reported spar- ingly grown in Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. (Fig. 67.) Synonyms.—Bearded Bluestem and World Beater. Bearded Bluestem is the name by which the variety was first distributed by Mr. Berglund, but the name Humpback soon became attached to the variety and the use of the name Bearded Bluestem largely has discontinued. World Beate
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