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described herein, I should myself choose the Pusa 4 lot grown at 

 Pusa for that position. 



The Wheats grown at Pusa. 

 In previous years I have reported very favourably on wheats 

 of the Pusa Nursery group, that is to say, on new varieties obtained 

 by selection or hybridizing at Pusa. I had also noted that, as a rule, 

 any variety grown at that centre behaved better than the same 

 variety grown elsewhere. So I recommended that wheats of the 

 Pusa Nursery group should be tried at several centres before a final 

 opinion as to their degree of superiority should be given. I was, 

 therefore, pleased to see that the Economic Botanists at Pusa and 

 Cawnpore had by their action anticipated my recommendation, 

 rendering it possible to see how some of the varieties behaved at 

 several places in India. It is very well known that no variety is 

 likely to suit all environments. This is abundantly evident in the 

 United Kingdom, much more is it likely to be so in a country of 

 great distances like India. I have, therefore, in dealing with this 

 year's consignment of twenty-four samples examined them not only 

 by groups according to variety, but also by groups according to their 

 place of origin, and I desire to make the following remarks upon 

 the last named classification. It will have been seen how 

 extremely uniform the order of merit is this year in the case of 

 all varieties. I have received no information directly or indirectly 

 as to the climatic conditions prevailing this year at Pusa during 

 the maturation, harvesting and threshing of its wheats, but I 

 should suppose from the appearance of the samples that those 

 climatic conditions must have been relatively unfavourable. 

 However, as a miller with considerable experience, I am used to 

 evidences of such mishaps and probably differ from the grower 

 or merchant in appraising their importance. That is the reason 

 why I have again placed the wheats grown at Pusa so highly 

 according to appearance. But the baking results confirm my 

 opinions based on appearance and I need at this juncture merely 

 consider how, as regards quality, each of the five varieties suits the 



environment furnished by Pusa. 



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