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This has been for many years one of the most popular varieties in all the 

 principal wheat-growing States, and has quite ousted the old Purple Straw 

 type on account of its equal if not superior prolificness and its higher milling 

 value. It is a good stooler, and produces the maximum amount of grain for 

 the minimum amount of straw. Like Purple Straw, it is, however, rather 

 rust and smut liable. Yandilla King, which has been mentioned above as a 

 creation of Mr. B. Marshall, of South Australia, is a half-sister of Federa* 

 tion, having the pedigree 



Yandilla x Silver King. 



Yandilla King. 

 Silver King is a strain of Marshall's No. 3. 



Hard Federation is a selection from the standard type, which has been 

 fixed and improved by selection by Mr. J. T. Pridham, Farrer's successor. 

 It received its name from the quality of its grain, which has a flinty appear- 

 ance and does not bleach easily. This feature, together with its superior 

 flour-making qualities, has brought it into favour with millers. It is a mid- 

 season variety, and a heavy yielder, in addition to being a superior milling 

 wheat to the original Federation. 



Comeback is another of the early Fife-Indian cross-breeds, remarkable on 

 account of its high milling excellence, which makes it a favourite miller's 

 wheat. Its pedigree is as follows : 



Hornbende x Indian "A" 

 (a Fife wheat). 



Vanessa x Indian " G." 



Improved Fife x Unnamed. 



Comeback. 



It is an early maturing wheat, cultivated both for grain and straw. 

 Slightly rust-resistant, and not very susceptible to bunt. 



Cedar is another of the Fife-Indian crosses, containing about three- 

 quarter Fife and one-quarter Indian blood. Its pedigree is as follows: 



Jonathan x Zaff 

 (Fife-Indian Cross) (Indian). 



V y / 



Power's Fife x Unnamed. 

 Cedar. 



It is a mid-season variety, highly bunt and rust resistant, It is the 

 strongest red wheat up to date and the best milling variety. 



Marquis, a Canadian bred wheat that is considered to be amongst the 

 very best for Canada and the United States has a pedigree similar to that 

 of Cedar, being a .cross between Red Fife and Calcutta Hard Red (an 

 Indian wheat). 



