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mental fault, but if it can be removed it will be an improvement. 

 Apart from that, this lot is not so well-grown as the same wheat 

 raised in previous seasons at Pusa. The Tharsa lot contains some 

 unsound grains. It lacks brightness and appears to have been 

 substantially damaged by unfavourable climatic conditions. How- 

 ever, all three lots behaved very well in the bakehouse, and in the 

 markings for stability and strength were quite close together. The 

 flours from the Hoshangabad and Tharsa lots behaved like typical 

 London milled flours, the Pusa lot was tougher in the dough than the 

 others, and to some extent resembled the flours made from American 

 or Canadian spring wheat. 



Pusa Nursery Lots. 



In addition to the foregoing, I received the following sample 

 lots ; two lots of Pusa 107, one grown at Pusa, the other at Tharsa ; 

 two lots of Pusa 108, one from each of these places, and one lot of 

 Pusa 110 grown at Pusa. Pusa 108 is a round berried wheat. 

 The grains of the Pusa lot are small in size and those of the Tharsa 

 lot still smaller, but that is not a serious fault. The former is wholly 

 hard and wholly translucent, a very fine looking lot. The latter 

 is not so bright or so translucent, and appears to have suffered from 

 bad weather. Both behaved very well in the bakehouse and yielded 

 bread of beautiful appearance. 



Pusa 107 is a nuich larger berried wheat, quite as large as Pusa 

 12. This variety as grown at Pusa may also be described as wholly 

 hard and wholly translucent, is particularly well-grown, and is in 

 fact a lovely sample of wheat. The Tharsa lot also appears to have 

 suffered from bad weather. In this case the relative inferiority in 

 appearance of the Tharsa lot corresponds with the baking result, 

 but the bread from it was good, that from the Pusa lot very good. 



Pusa 110 is a long berried grey white wheat, is almost wholly 

 translucent and quite hard. This lot (from Pusa) is a very nice 

 sample of wheat, although the blemish of the dark spot found in 

 Pusa 4 occurs in tliis variety also. It behaves quite well in the 

 bakehouse. 



