. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. CLASSIFICATION OF AMERICAN WHEAT VARIETIES. 123 JONES FIFE (JONES WINTER FIFE). Description.—Plant winter habit, midseason, midtall; stem white, midstrong; spike awnless, oblong-fusiform, ruiddense, nodding; glumes pubescent, white, midlong, midwide to wide; shoulders midwide, oblique to square; beaks wide, obtuse, to 1 mm. long; apical awns few to several, lower ones often in- curved, 3 to 8 mm. long; kernels red, short to midlong, soft to semihard, ovate, humped; germ midsized, abrupt; crease midwide to wide, mid
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. CLASSIFICATION OF AMERICAN WHEAT VARIETIES. 123 JONES FIFE (JONES WINTER FIFE). Description.—Plant winter habit, midseason, midtall; stem white, midstrong; spike awnless, oblong-fusiform, ruiddense, nodding; glumes pubescent, white, midlong, midwide to wide; shoulders midwide, oblique to square; beaks wide, obtuse, to 1 mm. long; apical awns few to several, lower ones often in- curved, 3 to 8 mm. long; kernels red, short to midlong, soft to semihard, ovate, humped; germ midsized, abrupt; crease midwide to wide, middeep to deep; cheeks angular; brush midsized, midlong. This variety differs from Mealy principally in having a nodding spike and a softer kernel. It makes a comparatively weak flour for bread making. Spikes, glumes, and kernels of Jones Fife wheat are shown in Plate XXXII, B. History.—Jones Fife (Jones Winter Fife) was originated by A. N. Jones, of Newark, Wayne County, N. Y., in According to Carleton (61, p. 221), "it descended from Fultz, Mediterranean, and Russian ; Distribution.—Grown as Fife, Jones Fife, or Jones Winter Fife in Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Pennsyl- vania, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia, and as synonyms in Colorado and Wyoming. This distribution is shown in Figure Fig. 48.—Outline map of the northern United States, showing the distribution of Jones Fife wheat in 1919. Estimated area, 476,100 acres. Synonyms.—Burbank's Super, Canadian Hybrid, Crail Fife, Fife, Fishhead, Silver King, Super, Velvet Chaff, Winter Fife. Burbank's Super, or Super wheat, was first distributed by Luther Burbank, of Santa Rosa, Calif., in the fall of 1917. The following is Mr. Burbank's first statement regarding this variety, published in August, 1917, in his catalogue under the title "The New Burbank Wheat" (51) : It is with unusual satisfaction that I now offer for the
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