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germinated and tlien at intervals of about twenty dayo. It is croi)ped in 

 January for fodder and harvested in early May. 



The following is the description given in the Bolait GcceUeer of the 

 varieties grown : 



" The wheat sown in the District is of seven varieties : bdrkhuini the seed 

 of which, as the name implies, was originally imported from Barkhan in the 

 Loralai District about the year 1885 ; talimdo, a new variety imported from 

 Narmuk about 1901, the grain of which is larger and thicker than that of 

 hdrkhami ; suhr-bij, the indigenous variety ; reli, a kind intr(tduced from India 

 since the opening of the railway ; sangsila introduced from the Bugti country ; 

 kdrez nd bij. also known as pazJimi, a white variety, the seed of which has 

 been imported from Marav in Sarawan ; and wdru. a red wheat also said to be 

 indigenous. Wdru is an inferior sort and is n.ow seldom cultivated. Bdr- 

 khami and talmalo are now (1905) most popular."' 



A very large number of samples were received from the Bolan but un- 

 fortunately none of them were labelled, and it is therefore impossible to identify 

 them ^nth the varieties mentioned above. The samples were somewhat 

 unlike the other Baluchistan wheats and seemed to foim a separate group. 

 Many had pink straw and very rounded glumes. The ears on the whole were 

 thin and very lax. 



The twenty-three samples received belonged to seven different tvpes. 

 (This refers only to the bulk of the sample and not to the wheats present as 

 accidental impurities.) 



Three samples belonged to var. mcridionale Kcke. Class XXYIII (ears 

 partly bearded ; glumes white, felted, rounded ; grain white, short and very 

 humped). 



1. S%mph I. Five-sixths of the bundle belonged to the above class 

 and tliere were present in small quantities, as accidental impuiities. a fully 

 bearded wheat with white, felted glumes, red grain and pink straw 

 (var. Hostiamnii Clem. Class XXIII) ; a fully bearded wheat with smooth, 

 white chaff, white grain and pink straw (var. graecum Kcke. Class XL\) 

 and a partly bearded wheat with snu)oth. led chaff and white grain 

 (var. erytholeucon Kcke. Class XXXIX). 



2. Sample 2. Three-quarters of the bundle belonged to Class XXYIII 

 and there were four other wheats present as impurities : a fully bearded 

 wheat with white, felted glumes and red grain (var. Hu^tianum Clem. 

 Class XXII) ; a full}- bearded wheat with smooth, white chaff and red grain 



