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external characteristics of a perfect variety. The rows 

 of grain are very regular ; the heads are large and well 

 filled with plump kernels ; the grain is of a beautiful 

 amber color ; the straw is stiff, and has a fine silver 

 lustre; the growing crop is nearly weevil proof; the 

 straw is seldom affected with rust; the young plants 

 endure the cold of winter, extremely well ; and it is 

 one of the finest varieties of wheat that can be found 

 in New Jersey, where it is grown with eminent profit 

 and satisfaction. 



Undesceibed Varieties. 



No doubt hundreds of my readers will wonder why 

 I did not describe certain varieties which have only a 

 local name, having been cultivated only in certain local- 

 ities. I am aware that there are many, probably, excel- 

 lent varieties of both winter and spring wheat, which 

 I have never heard of. I have heard of, and have seen 

 many varieties that I have made no allusion to in this 

 book ; because I have not been able to learn anything 

 really reliable in regard to their characteristics. Where 

 I knew nothing of a certain kind of wheat, and was not 

 able to obtain reliable information touching its excel- 

 lence, I have thought best to pen nothing about it. 

 There are many kinds of wheat in the Western States, 

 of which I failed to secure an intelligible description ; 

 therefore, I have omitted the names. 



