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erally hardier, but coarser than the White ; and the same may 

 be said of the Bearded as compared with the Bald ; but in 

 other respects there is no material practical difference. 



General Harmon, of Wheatland, Monroe County, N. Y., who has de 

 voted a long life to the study ol and experiments upon Wheat, in 1844 

 gave the following as the best varieties known in the United States: 



1. White Flint, probably introduced from the Black Sea into New 

 Jersey, in 1814. Its peculiarities are, (a,) strong straw ; (6,) solid 

 grain with thin bran ; (c,) the chaff adheres to the grain so that it does 

 not readily shell out ; (&amp;lt;/,) it is little affected by frost ; (&amp;lt;?,) it has with 

 stood the Hessian Fly better than any other now cultivated. Its usual 

 yield is from twenty to twenty-five bushels per acre, but it has produced 

 fifty-four bushels to the acre. 2. Improved White Flint. It is superior 

 to the last in the size of the berry, the thinness of the bran, and the 

 weight par bushel. 3. White Provence, introduced from France, (a,) 

 it grows rapidly, yielding much straw ; (6.) ripens four or five days 

 earlier than the common varieties ; (c,) withstands cold, and is not in 

 jured by insects ; but the straw is soft and it is apt to fall down. It is 

 bald, berry very large and white ; yielding flour well and of good qual 

 ity. 3. Old Red Chaff, originated in Southern Pennsylvania. It is a 

 bald wheat, with red chaff but a white grain ; and in other respects is 

 similar to the la*-t. On new uak lands it succeeds admirably, but on old 

 lands it is subject to rust, mildew, insects, and winter-kildng. 4. Ken 

 tucky White Bearded, (Hutchinson, Bearded Flirt, Canada Flint,&quot;) a 

 white chaff, bearded wheat. 5. Indiana Wheat, originated in Indiana, 

 a white chaff, bald wheat ; peculiarly adapted to strong soils. 6. Velvet 

 Beard, or Grate Wheat ; introduced from England twenty-five years 

 ago : a red chaff, bearded, large berried wheat. It is very hardy, not 

 apt to be thrown out by frost, nor injured by insects. 7. Whcalland 

 Red, originated from the Virginia May, by Gon l Harmon : it is red 

 chaff, bald wheat, and not apt to rust. 8. Golden Drop, an English 

 variety. 9. Mediterranean, introduced from the South of Europe fifteen 

 years since. It is a light red chaff, bearded, berry red and long, bran 

 thick, and flour inferior ; but it is not injured by insects, and ripens ear 

 ly. 10. El uc Stim, cultivated in Virginia about fifty years since, but 

 now generally grown in the Northern States. Formerly it was a red 

 wheat, but it is now changed to a beautiful white. It is very produc 

 tive. 



This list might be much extended, but it could not be of any practi 

 cal utility. 



