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ton, Pringle's Champlain, Bishop, Chelsea, Red 

 Fife and White Fife. 



5. Southern Alberta: The great winter wheat 

 section of Canada; (some spring wheat grown) 

 produces the best quality of hard red winter wheat, 

 unexcelled for milling yields large best vari- 

 eties Turkey Red (bearded), Kharkof (bearded), 

 and Ghirka (beardless). Seed of these varieties, 

 secured from the Kansas experiment station in 

 1907 and 1908. The old "Alberta Red," still 

 extensively grown, is a Turkey Red wheat but not 

 so well bred as the new importations. 



6. British Columbia: Small acreage as yet- 

 variable climate winter and spring varieties 

 grown. 



'VARIETIES 



In the classification of wheat growing areas 

 given above the varieties recommended for sowing 

 are mainly in the order of their highest yields. 

 The oldest variety of wheat in Canada and the 

 variety which is most widely grown and most 

 highly esteemed is Red Fife. This wheat is 

 remarkable for its productiveness, for its hard 

 quality and high milling value, and for its power of 

 adapting itself to varying conditions of soil and 

 climate. Fife wheat was originated or discovered 

 by an Ontario farmer, Mr. David Fife, after whom 

 it is named. In 1842, Mr. Fife obtained a small 

 sample of wheat from a friend in Glasgow, Scot- 

 land. It came in the spring, and not knowing 

 whether it was a winter or spring variety, he 

 planted some of it. It proved to be a winter wheat 



