. Classification of American wheat varieties. Wheat; Wheat. 122 BULLETIN 1074, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Triplet differs from Jones Fife in being slightly shorter and earlier and in having a_harder kernel with a smaller germ and rounded rather than angular cheeks. Plate XXXI, B, shows spikes, glumes, and kernels of the Triplet variety. History.—Triplet was originated at the. Washington Agricultural Experiment Station, Pullman, Wash., from a combination of crosses in which Jones Fife, Little Club, and Turkey were used as parents. Its pedigree is as follows: Jones Fife X Little Club. I I
. Classification of American wheat varieties. Wheat; Wheat. 122 BULLETIN 1074, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Triplet differs from Jones Fife in being slightly shorter and earlier and in having a_harder kernel with a smaller germ and rounded rather than angular cheeks. Plate XXXI, B, shows spikes, glumes, and kernels of the Triplet variety. History.—Triplet was originated at the. Washington Agricultural Experiment Station, Pullman, Wash., from a combination of crosses in which Jones Fife, Little Club, and Turkey were used as parents. Its pedigree is as follows: Jones Fife X Little Club. I I I Unnamed. I Jones Fife X Turkev. I I Unnamed. I Triplet. It was first grown as a pure strain in 1910 and was distributed for commer- cial growing in 1918, after it had proved to be a high-yielding variety in nursery and plat experiments at Pullman. Distribution.—Grown at experiment stations in the Pacific Northwest and commercially in Oregon and Washington in 1920. MEALY. Description.—Plant winter habit, midseason, midtall to tall; stem white, midstrong to strong; spike awnless, oblong-fusiform, middense, inclined; glumes pubescent, white, midlong, midwide; shoulders midwide, oblique to square; beaks wide, obtuse, to 1 mm. long; apical awns few, 3 to 10 mm. long; kernels red, mid- long, semihard, ovate; germ midsized; crease wide, deep; cheeks angular; brush large, long. Mealy differs from Triplet in being slightly taller and later, with stronger stems and in having kernels with more angular cheeks and Fig. 47.—Outline map of a portion lal^er and lon^er brustl- Kernels, spikes, and. of the eastern United States, showing the distribution of Mealy wheat in 1919. Esti- mated area, 65,500 acres. glumes of Mealy wheat are shown in Plate XXXII, A. History.—This variety was distributed by the United States Department of Agriculture in 1885, and for several years thereafter, and the following record of its origin accompanied the seed; Originated by M. A. Mealy, in 1880,
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