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Hinduhdgh tahsil. Uj^per Zhob. 



4. Spin ghanmn. This variety is also cultivated on irrigated land. 

 The sample consisted mainly of a mixture of wheats all with white, den^elv 

 felted and very rounded glumes, white gram and strong straw but with very 

 varying amounts of bearding (var. erythroleiicon Kcke. Classes XX\1II & 

 XXIX). Some were almost fully bearded, others almost beardless. From the 

 appearance of the sample it would seem as if a good deal of natural crossiuf^ 

 had taken place. There was also present, as an impurity in small quantitv. 

 a bearded wheat with smooth, white chaff and red grain (var. ery- 

 ihrospermnm Kcke. Class XL). 



5. Sra ghanam. This was a bearded wheat wdth smooth, white chaft 

 and red grain (var. erythro.spermiim Kcke. Class XLII). Theie were also 

 present a bearded wheat with white, densely felted chaff, rounded glumes. 

 poor straw and red grain (var. Hostiamon Clem. Class XXIV) : a similar 

 wheat with white grain (var. meridionale Kcke. Class XXVI) and a bearded 

 wheat with smooth, white chaff and white grain (var. graeaim Kcke. 

 Class XLV). 



Kdhir Kliordsdn siih-talisil, Lower Zhob. 



6. Snr ghanmn (red wheat). This is the variety most commonly orown 

 in the locality. It is cultivated both on dry and irrigated land and is said 

 to be rust-liable. One sample of this variety was sent. The ears were thin 

 and badly matured. It was a fully bearded wheat, with smooth, red chaff 

 and dark red grain (var. ferrugine^im Al. Class XXXIII). There was a 

 small quantity of a similar wheat with white grain present as an impuritv 

 (var. erythroleucon Kcke. Class XXXVII). 



7. Spin ghanam (white wheat). Samples of this wheat grown in difierent 

 villages were sent. Three of them consisted of a fully bearded wheat with 

 smooth, white chaff, weak straw and white grain (var. graecii?n Kcke. 

 Class XLV). A similai wheat with red grain was present as an impurity 

 (var. erythrosjjennum Kcke. Class XL). This was the only impurity in the first 

 sample, in the second there was also present a bearded wheat with strong 

 straw, white, felted glumes and red grain {yslt. fuliginosicm Al. Class XVIII). 

 and in the third a fully bearded wheat with white felted glumes and white 

 grain (var. meridionale Kcke. Class XXVI). The fourth sample was a red 

 wheat with long, lax, fully bearded ears, smooth, white chaff and red grain 

 (var. erythrospermum Kcke. Class XL). 



