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CROSSING OF WHEAT AND EMMER 



Parent tvT>cs and F, of a cross between common wheat and emmer. 1256a is the Pi hybrid. 

 Emmer. 'shown on right, is a grain Httle grown in America. buf"i"ch used ,n Russia. It 

 has heads with very long stiff bristles, and is in other respects difTcrent from wheat. It is 

 ha dy andTlrourh resistant. The successful crossing of emmer with conmJon^^-^.ea (on 

 left) and the production of a true hybrid between the two may lead through selection to 

 results of importance to agriculture. (Fig. 14.) 



