. Classification of American wheat varieties. Wheat; Wheat. CLASSIFICATION OF AMERICAN WHEAT VARIETIES. 83 grown in the Eastern States from 1830 to 1850, was described by Harmon as awnless, with white glumes and hard white kernels. There seems to be no winter wheat of that description now grown, and the Flint wheat now in cultiva- tion undoubtedly has red kernels, as described above, and is similar to wheat known as Little Red May, Early May, and Rappahannock. These are all old names in American wheat literature. Little Red May is listed by Killebrew (130, p. 56) as a variety of the above desc
. Classification of American wheat varieties. Wheat; Wheat. CLASSIFICATION OF AMERICAN WHEAT VARIETIES. 83 grown in the Eastern States from 1830 to 1850, was described by Harmon as awnless, with white glumes and hard white kernels. There seems to be no winter wheat of that description now grown, and the Flint wheat now in cultiva- tion undoubtedly has red kernels, as described above, and is similar to wheat known as Little Red May, Early May, and Rappahannock. These are all old names in American wheat literature. Little Red May is listed by Killebrew (130, p. 56) as a variety of the above description which " was brought into Tennessee by Joseph Jacobs from Missouri, no doubt having been taken there from Ken- tucky or Virginia. It had, however, improved by its visit, and is a very prolific, and in some sections a very popular ; The names Little Red May, Little Red, and Little May are still in use for this variety. Early May was listed as a variety grown in Iowa as early as 1852 (87, p. 341) which later became an important variety in that State (.), p. 518). At least some of the wheat now grown under that name is Flint. The same is true for Rappahannock, which also is now used as synonymous with Red May and in 1875 was recorded as synonymous with Michigan Amber {11). Distribution.—Grown as Flint in Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, South Caro- lina, Virginia, and West Virginia, and under the synonyms in Alabama, Ar- kansas, Illinois, Missouri, and Tennessee. The distribution is shown in Figure 30. Synonyms.—Early May, Little May, Little Red, Little Red May, May, Rappahannock, Red Davie, and Red May. The name Early May, as shown above, has long been used for Flint wheat. It was reported under this name in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, and South Carolina. Little May was reported from Platte County, Mo., and Little Red Fk*. 30.—Outline map of a portion from Arkansas, Georgia, North Carolina, °5 *** east-central United States m ... showing the distrib
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