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Journal of the Department of Agriculture. 



Table IV — {cuntinued). 



Variety. 



Maturity. 



General Remarks. 



Sonora 



John Brown 



Wolkoorn ... 



Federation 

 Baard Koorn 

 Leaps Prolific 

 Bunyip 



Eksteen 

 Firbank 



Steinwedel 



Prelude 



Hawkesbury 



Fourie 



My burgh ... 



Cedar 



Huron 



(3ross-bred on 



Preston 



Karkov 



Rymer 



Jonathan ... 

 Red Fife ... 



Warren 

 Huguenot ... 



Alaska Winter 



Late 

 Mid-season 



Early 



Mid-season 

 Early 



Mid-season 



Early 

 Late 



Mid-season 



Late 



Mid-season 

 Late 



Mid-season 

 Late 



Late 



white 

 Hay 



Short, brown, bald ear ; glumes hairy ; small, round, 



white kernel. Very similar to Wolkoorn in ear and 



kernel. 

 Long, tapering, light-brown ear with white, plump 



kernel. 

 Brown, regular ear ; glumes hairy, small, round, white 



kernel. 

 Brown, square, bald ear ; grain white and soft, 

 White, bearded ear, with white kernel 

 Short, white, tip-bearded ear ; white kernel. 

 Tip-bearded, broad, white ear ; large, round, 



kernel ; short coarse straw ; an Australian 



Wheat. 

 White, bearded ear ; also goes under the names of "Vroe 



Baard" or "Eenbeen." 

 Long, white, tapering, bald ear with soft, white kernel. 



Grows tall and is very liable to lodge ; an Australian 



Hay Wheat. 

 White ear, tip-bearded and very similar to Bunyip. 



White, soft kernel and is grown in Australia for hay 



purposes. 

 White, fully-bearded ear, small red kernel ; very 



susceptible to rust. 

 Long, white, bald ear, white, round kernel, weak straw. 

 Long, fully-bearded, white ear, long, amber kernel. 

 Long, white, fully-bearded ear ; long, dark kernel ; 



coarse, weak straw. 

 Long, tapering, bald, white ear, Small red kernel. Very 



liable to lodge. 

 Long, white ear, which is slightly tip-bearded. Broad, 



dark kernel, 

 Tapering, white, tip-bearded ear. Glumes hairy ; grain, 



white and plump, 

 Bearded, brown ear ; small, round, white and red, soft 



kernel. 

 Bearded, creamish white ear : small, red, soft kernel. 



Very susceptible to rust. 

 White, tapering, bald ear ; white kernel ; shatters 



readily. 

 White, bald ear ; grain plump and white. 

 Very long, white bearded ear ; small, red kerrel ; shatters 



readily. 

 Short, white bald ear with white kernel 

 Durum type ; a beardless selection ,of Medeah ; long, 



whitt. flinty kernel; an Australian Hay Wheat, 

 Durum type. On account of its branching head is also 



called "Sewe Aar." The kernel is small, round and 



soft, A very poor yielder. 



II. 



DURUM " OE HAED WHEATS. 



As previously mentioned in tliis article, on ;iccount of soil and 

 climatic conditions the Dnrunis have thus far given exceedingly low 

 retiirns in the coastal areas, and we feel justified in saying' that their 

 cultivation should be restricted to the inland Karroo soils. 



Table V gives tlie returns per acre for 1910-19 inclusive of a few 

 varieties of this class of wheat. 



