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Mordli. Cob pale red. Grain white and yellow mixed, dented. 



Neb el Gamal. Cob white. Grain white, dented. 



Safra. Cob white. Grain bright yellow, compressed not dented. 



The red varieties are given under the names of : 



(1) Balady Berbery ahmar. 



(2) Balady Fayumy hamra. 



The grain of the former is orange-red in colour and the latter 

 brick-red and rather white in the middle. 



The cultivation was normal and each variety was treated in 

 exactly the same way. 



Nitrate of soda was applied just before the second watering at 

 the rate of about 120 kilogrammes per feddan. 



Harvesting was started on October 23 with the Siwi variety 

 and finished on November 16 with the Gritly. 



The following table shows the approximate number of days each 

 variety took to mature : 



When the ears had been threshed the grain was weighed, with 

 the following results in ardebs per feddan : 



