. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. VARIETIES. 51 a winter wheat in Texas. It it be quite resistant to leaf very drought-resistant and ought to BLACK DOST. Black Don (PI. I, 4) is known as Chernokoloska in Russia, and is grown a great deal in the Don territory, as well as throughout the Volga region, and to some extent in the Crimea and in Siberia. The variety is characterized by heads of medium length with black chaff, having a bluish-white bloom and long black beards, and light yellow, very hard translucent grains of medium or large size. The appearance of the grains is sim
. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. VARIETIES. 51 a winter wheat in Texas. It it be quite resistant to leaf very drought-resistant and ought to BLACK DOST. Black Don (PI. I, 4) is known as Chernokoloska in Russia, and is grown a great deal in the Don territory, as well as throughout the Volga region, and to some extent in the Crimea and in Siberia. The variety is characterized by heads of medium length with black chaff, having a bluish-white bloom and long black beards, and light yellow, very hard translucent grains of medium or large size. The appearance of the grains is similar *to that of Gharnovka, though the quality is. Fig. 2.—Cleaning Velvet Don wheat on the estate of Mr. Mikhalkov, in Don Territory. probably not quite so good. The best quality of this variety seems to be grown in the district near Sarepta, in the Volga River region. When grown from well-selected seed its appearance in the field is very striking, because of the black heads. This variety has also been imported by this Department and distributed in several of the States of the semi-arid districts. It is well adapted for any portion of these districts, but may be especially suitable for a winter variety in Texas. 1 On the other hand, in unusually damp, cloudy seasons all these macaroni wheats are likely to be severely affected by the black stem rust. In the Don territory, near Taganrog, some fields were almost ruined by that rust in 1900, as observed bv the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering. Washington Govt. Print. Off
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