Item AW/2/1/2 - Correspondence: Australia, New Zealand, China, Germany and Washington D.C.

Extent: 1 folder

Letters describing wheat collections, exchange of samples and trials between Arthur Watkins and officials in Australia, New Zealand, China, Washington D.C. and Germany. Australia: H Wenholz (Director of Plant Breeding, Dept of Agriculture, Sydney, New South Wales): discussion of samples of early Colonial wheat including origins of Steinwedel, Champlain's Hybrid, Black Sea and Golden Drop (1938) and letters about exchange of samples and stem rust (1931); A McTaggart (Senior Plant Introduction Officer, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Canberra): letter (1931) and charts ' Tests of Introduced Wheats; Results of Comparative Trials Conducted by Division of Plant Industry... Canberra...1935-1937', describing origin, yield, grain description and rust resistance. New Zealand: O H Frankel (Plant Geneticist, Dept of Scientific and Industrial Research, Wheat Research Inst., Christchurch), 1941. Washington D.C. : lists of wheat sent with origin, species, variety and source, 1937. China: includes letter from Dept of Overseas Trade about box of wheat and oat samples from Newchang (Yinkou), 1928; letter from T H Shen (University of Nanking) with list of 254 Chinese wheat samples sent including description of local Nanking strain (Kiang-tung-men) and albino strains. Germany: Dr Kamlash (Halle University), 1928, M G Oehler (Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, Münchberg), 1929