426 FOREST CULTURE AND 
mer Wheat, or Bearded Wheat; 3. Var. adherens 
(T. Spelta, L.), Wheat with fragile axis and adherent 
grain. Metzger enumerates as distinct kinds of cul- 
tivated wheat : 
T. vulgare, Vill., which includes, among other vari- 
eties, the ordinary Spring Wheat, the Fox Wheat 
and the Kentish Wheat. It comprises also the 
* best Italian sorts for plaiting straw-bonnets and 
straw-hats, for which only the upper part of the 
stem is used, collected before the ripening of the 
grain, and bleached through exposure to the sun 
while kept moistened. 
T. turgidum, L., comprising some varieties of White 
and Red Wheat, also the Clock Wheat and the 
Revet Wheat, 
T. durum, Desfont., which contains some sorts of the 
Bearded Wheat. 
T. Polonicum, L., the Polish Wheat, some kind of 
which is well adapted for Peeled Wheat. 
T. Spelta, L., the Spelt Corn or Dinkel Wheat, a 
kind not readily subject to disease, succeeding on 
soil of very limited fertility, not easily attacked 
by birds, furnishing a flour of excellence for cakes, 
also yielding a superior grain for Peeled Wheat. 
For preparing the latter it is necessary to collect 
the spikes while yet somewhat green and to dry 
them in baking-houses, 
J. diecocum, Schrank, (T. amyleum, Ser.) — The 
Emmer Wheat, Its varieties are content and 
prolific on poor soil, produce excellent starch, 
are mostly hardy in frost and not’subject to dis- 
eases. To this belongs the Arras Wheat of 
Abyssinia, where a few other sige sorts of 
wheat are to be-found. 
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