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chaff and white fj;rain (var. olhidmn W. Class LXII) : a beardless wheat with 

 smooth, red chaff and white rjrain (var. (dhonihriim Kcke. Class T.1X). In 

 samples l-t and 'I'l there was also jnesent a beardless wheat witli felted, red 

 glumes and red grain (var. pi/iothrix Al. Class XLYII). A beardless wlieat 

 with smooth, red glumes and white grain (var. filhorvhrvtn Keke. Class LYTII) 

 was present only in sample 20. 



22. Sample 22 which was very mixed contained in addition to the al>ove 

 impurities two wheats, a beardless wheat with red. felted glnmes and white 

 grain (var. Delfii Kcke. Cla.ss XLYIII) and a bearded wheat with smooth, 

 white glunn s and red grain (vai . prijlhrof^permum Kcke. Class XLIY). 



23. Sample 23 was exceedingly mixed and it was difficnit to know which 

 was the main coiistituent. One-sixth of the sample consisted of a beardless 

 wheat with smooth, white chaff and white grain (var. alhidrmi AI. Class LXII) : 

 one-sixth coni-isted of a bearded wheat with smooth, white chaff and red grain 

 (var. erj/fhrosjjermiim Kcke. Class XLIY) : one-sixth consisted of a beardless 

 wheat with white, felted chaff and white grain (var. levcospermam Kcke. 

 Class LIY). There were also present, in fair fjuantity, a i-imilar wheat with 

 red grain (vac. velutinmn Schiibl. Class IJI) : a fully bearded wheat with 

 white, felted chaff and red grain (var. Hostidivum Clem. Class XXIII) and a 

 beardless wheat with smooth, white chaff and red grain (var. Ivlesrerifi Al. 

 Class LX) : in small quantity a beardless wheat with felted, red chaff and red 

 grain (var. pyrothrix Al. Class XLYII) and a similar wheat with white grain 

 (var. Belfii Kcke. Class XLYIII). 



QUETTA-PISHIN. 



The Quetta-Pishin District is one of the best irrigated Districts in Balu- 

 chistan and has therefore the large.st cultivated area. It lies centrally in the 

 highland part of Baluchistan with an area of 5.127 square miles. The general 

 character of the District is mountainous with long, narrow valleys. All the 

 valleys are flat plains. 4 to 20 miles in width, with pebbly slopes rising to the 

 mountains. The Pishin plain is the largest of the valleys and others of im- 

 portance are Loe Toba, the Quetta valley, the Aghbarg valley, and the Gwal 

 valley. 



Generally speaking, the climate is fairly uniform over the whole District 

 but varies somewhat with the altitude. In Toba, the seasons begin a month 

 later than in Quetta while Pishin and Chaman are decidedly warmer. The 

 winter is very cold, with snow and biting cold winds, while the summer is hot 



