60 THE WHEATS OF BALlJCHlSTAlSf 



cultivated and is also common to Foil; Saudeman, where three more varieties 

 are recognised — tor glianam, orbasin yhanam and (jhai ghanmn, all being indige- 

 nous to the country. The lor ghanmn has a longish hard grain, yellowish in 

 colour, the ear being dark, whence the name. The orbasin ghanam is 

 reddish in colour, the grain is small and soft and the ear long but thin and 

 yellow in colour. Ghat ghanam has a beardless ear which is thick but small, 

 the grain being yellowish. All are cultivated equally in different parts of the 

 tahsil and the sowing operations extend from October to end of January." 



The following samples of wheat were received from this District : — 



Kila Saifidla lah.sU, U})per Zhob. 



1. Spin ghaiiant. This variety is grown both on irrigated and unirii- 

 gated land, it is considered to require less water than .sra ghanam. 



Two samples of spin were sent from this tahsil. The first labelled Spin 

 kosham consisted of a wheat with very short, black awns, greyish white, 

 densely felted, rounded glumes, and white grain (var. ineridionale Kcke. 

 (lass XXX). No impurities were present. 



The other sample was very mixed but the two main constituents were : a 

 bearded wheat with densely felted, light red chalf and awns and white grain 

 (var. turcicum Kcke. Class XV) and a fully bearded wheat with smooth, 

 light red chaff and awns and red grain (var. ferniginewn Al. Class XXXII). 

 There were also present as impurities a bearded wheat with felted, bright red 

 chaif and pale red grain (var. barbarossa Al. Class XIII) and a bearded 

 wheat with smooth, red chaif and white grain (var. erijlhroleucon Kcke. 

 Class XXXVIII). 



■J. Hra. ghanam. This wheat is grown on both irrigated and unirrigated 

 land. It is a bearded wheat with smooth, white chaft", very weak straw, and 

 red grain (var. crgthrospermum Kcke. Class XLI). There was only one 

 impurity, a similar wheat with white grain (var. graecum Kcke. Class XLV). 



3. Mecca Muazzama. This \ariety is said to have been imported from 

 Mecca by Hajis and is considered to be most sacred. It cannot be sown without 

 p(Mformii\g the ceremony of ablution necessary before ottering prayers. 

 It is cultivated to an hisigniticaiit extent to neutralize the effect of evil eye 

 in a Held. It is a macaroni wheat with an extraordinarily long grain even for 

 a macardiii and. with two ])eculiar ridges on the outer glume. The awns are 

 black, the chalf white ami felted and the .i^raiu white (\'ar. nu:l((ii.(>()i(.s Al. 

 Class IV). 



