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from the Kohat District iii the North-West Frontier Province and is cultivated 

 ill irrigated lands in the Gargoji. Nath and Ganbar villages of the Drug circle." 

 Sixteen samples were received from the Loralai District. 



Duki tahsil. 



1. Spin ghanam, white wheat. Very little of this variety is gro\Mi and 

 most of it is sold. It is grown hoth on irrigated and dry crop land and is said 

 to be more rust-resistant than the red wheat. It is a bearded wheat with weak 

 straw, smooth, white chai^ and white grain (var. (jraecum Kcke. Class XLV). 

 About half the sample consisted of a similar wheat with red grain 

 (var. eri/lhrosjjennum Kcke. Class XLI). 



2. Sara ghanam. This is the main variety of the la/idl. It is very 

 liable to rust. It is a bearded wheat with smooth, light red chai^ and red 

 grain (var. ferragineum Al. Class XXXII). There was also present a large 

 amount of a similar wheat with a white grain (var. erylJirokiicon Kcke. 

 Class XXXVI) ; and a small amount of a bearded wheat with red, felted 

 chai? and white grain (var. lurcicnm Kcke. Class XV). 



3. Waddmik. This wheat was introduced from the Punjab and was 

 only grown on a small scale as an experiment. It is the ordinary Waddnak 

 of the Punjab (Punjab Type 1). a macironi wheat with black awns, white, 

 felted glumes and white grain (var. meJanopua Al. Class V). 



Sanjdwi t((hsil. 

 \. Spin ghanam, white wheat. About one-third of the wheat cultivated 

 belongs to this variety. It is grown both on irrigated and unirrigated land. 

 It is a strong-stiawed, fully bearded wheat with smooth, bright red chaff 

 and white grain (var. enjlhwlencon Kcke. Class XXXVI). There was also 

 present a large quantity of a similar wheat witli red grain (var. ferrugineiim Al. 

 Class XXXII), a fair quantity of a bearded wheat with short, square ears, 

 red, densely felted chaff and white grain (var. turcicum Kcke. Class XV) and 

 a very small quantity of a similar wheat with red grain (var. harharossa Al. 

 Class XIII). 



5. Sara ghanam. red wheat. This is the chief wheat of the tiact and is 

 grown on all kinds of land. It is a fully bearded wheat with thin ears, weak 

 straw, smooth, white chafl: and red grain (var. erythrospermum Kcke. 

 Class XLI). There was also present in large quantity a similar wheat with 

 stronger straw and white grain (var. (jraecum Kcke. Class XLV), in smaller 

 quantity a bearded wheat with white, densely felted chaff and red grain 



