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thus escaping the midge and weevil, and it withstands the winter well. 
In Wayne County, last year, it produced twenty-eight bushels to one 
sown, and is considered a success. From Genesee County a farmer 
writes that he kad three acres of Tappahannock wheat on Tonawanda 
flats, (bottom land,) which yielded twenty-six bushels to the acre. It 
was earlier and produced better than any other variety in the neigh- 
borhood, doing best in rich, strong land. i 
In Salem County, New Jersey, the Tappahannock has been cultivated 
. with profit since 1866. -A correspondent reports that it ripens ten days 
‘earlier than the Amber or Blue Stem, and last fall weighed sixty-two 
pounds per bushel, while the Amber weighed fifty-six pounds. The 
yield compared with the Amber was as 3 to 2. He now has fifteen 
acres of the Tappahannock sown on four varieties of soil. 
In Tioga County, Pennsylvania, this wheat is ten days earlier than 
any other, the kernel plump, and the yield good. Itis also successful 
in Greene County. In Washington County the yield is thirty-fold, and 
in Lancaster County it produces twenty to twenty-two bushels per acre, 
while the Mediterranean yields only eight to ten. . From Chester County 
it is reported the most valuable of forty kinds grown there this year, on 
account of its early maturity. 
In Maryland the Tappahanneck thrives well, and by some is consid- 
ered the best winter wheat raised in the State, especially on account of 
the quality of its flour. In Baltimore County the ‘fappakannock is con- 
sidered a very valuable variety, and a correspondent thinks it would do 
still better, especially as to quality, if less seed per acre were used. In 
Montgomery County the yield is not very large, but the quality is excel- 
lent, and the grain matures early, and escapes weevil and smut. 
From ten counties in Virginia reports have been received upon the 
value of this wheat, all kighly favorable, except from Princess Anne, 
where the want of success is attributed to cold weather in June, pro- 
ducing rust. In Montgomery County the yield is reported large, and 
the grain perfect, exceeding in quality the seed sown. In Nelson County © 
thirty-four bushels sown broadcast on twenty-eight acres of fallow land, 
without fertilizers, yielded six hundred and eighty bushels—over twenty- 
four bushels per acre, aud twenty for each bushel of seed. Irom this 
county it is reported that want of success with the Tappahannock wheat 
is due to overseeding. Another correspondent says that the Tappa- 
hannock seems well adapted to the climate, and gives generai satisfac- 
tion, and, he adds, “ should it continue to maintain its present standard, 
this article alone will be worth more to our country than the cost of the 
Agricultural Department.” 
In Henry County the yield the first year from the seed furnished 
weighed seventy-one pounds per measured bushel. In Madison County 
the Tappahannock and Poland wheat are the best varieties. Twenty- 
three acres seeded with twenty-seven bushels of the former, in 1869, 
without fertilizers, yielded fifteen bushels, per acre. In Rockingham 
County, says a correspondent, the Tappahannock has well nigh sup- 
planted all other kinds of wheat. In Northumberland County, which is 
not a wheat-growing county, the yield without fertilizers is about ten- 
fold, and quality execllent. In Smyth County it has proved a valuable 
wheat. In Tazewell, its yield, early ripening, and quality are reported 
to be all that can be desired. In almost every report of experiments 
with this variety in Virginia it is highly commended. 
In Brooks, Braxton, and Jefferson Counties, West Virginia, the Tap- 
pahannock produces well, and maintains its good quality. It is reported 
that in some portions of the State it freezes out; probably in the more 
