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a medium Jieight with abundant foliage and tillers exceedingly well. 

 The straw is thin and erect. This variety is several weeks earlier 

 than Rieti. !:;«] 



Rieti 36-1. — This is a straight selection of long-eared Rieti so 

 extensively grown by the farmers of the south-west Cape. The ear is 

 brown, very long, lax, tapering, and fully bearded with spikelets set 

 far apart. The kernel is large, plump, dark brown, and soft. Tillers 

 exceedingly well with a long self-suporting straw. This variety 

 shatters badly. For short seasons this variety has proved too late. 



Bossies veld or Standerton Winter. — This variety is believed to be 

 the same as Red Victoria. The former is grown in the south-west 

 Cape, whereas Red Victoria is grown in the high veld of the Trans- 

 vaal. The ear is white, fully bearded, and of average size. The 

 straw is fine yet self-supporting. The kernel is small, round, red, and 

 soft. This variety is very liable to shatter and should be cut betimes 

 wherever south winds are prevalent at harvest time, 



Uppercut. — A selection from the Australian variety. It is 

 similar to Kleintrouw, but has a shorter ear and does not tiller to the 

 same extent as does Kleintrouw. The kernel is small, round, white, 

 and inclined to be soft. 



Selection " /." — A local selection, believed to be a strain of 

 ordinary Rieti. The ear, although long and fully bearded, is more 

 compact than that of Rieti. The kernel is large, plump, very dark, 

 and soft. This variety tillers well and is not so liable to shatter as is 

 the case with Rieti. 



Table IV, 



This table contains a detailed list of varieties which have now 

 been under trial for a )iumber of years, but which have proved 

 unsuited to the conditions of this area: — 



