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THE WHEAT CULTURIST. 



FIG. 22. Hairy Andriolo. 



RED, HAIRY ANDRIOLO 

 WHEAT. 



I have given a sketch of 

 this wheat, not for the 

 purpose of recommend 

 ing this variety, but to 

 suggest to farmers not to 

 attempt to grow it be 

 cause the ears look so 

 large, fair, and beautiful. 

 This variety is a fair 

 wheat, prolific, and pos 

 sesses most of the charac 

 teristics of a superior va 

 riety of wheat. But the 

 large awns and hairs with 

 which the ears are cov 

 ered are a serious objec 

 tion to its general intro 

 duction. The variety 

 came originally from 

 Italy ; but has not been 

 introduced, except to a 

 very limited extent. It 

 is evidently a mongrel, or hybrid ; 

 and before it can be cultivated with 

 satisfactory results, the grain needs 

 to be acclimatized by selecting a 

 few of the best heads and cultivat 

 ing the grain on rich ground until a 

 perfect American variety is brought 

 out. This variety has prolificacy, 

 for which reason, it would be a first- 



