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Wheats bring a less price than the white, but are still much 



cultivated. 



Red Blue Stem Wheat. We give this the preference 

 among the red wheats. It is a little later than the Mediter- 

 ranean, but hardy, regular, with close chaff, gives as good 

 quality of flour as any other of the red wheats, and is very pro- 

 ductive under good cultivation. 



The Red Andriola is objectionable, on account of its long, 

 rough arms. 



The Golden Straw is an amber wheat, that promises well 

 under the best cultivation; it is said to succeed best on a rich, 

 sandy loam, which we are inclined to doubt ; if so, it will be a 

 very convenient variety, as it will be profitable where other 

 wheats will not. 



The Red Chaff Amber, and the Witter, are good varieties 

 for the best cultivation; but, as with the white wheats, the 

 Mediterranean red wheat is the surest of moderate success 

 under moderate cultivation. For spring wheats, the Black 

 Sea, when pure, the Canada Club, the Rio Grande, the 

 Fife, and the China Tea Wheat, all have good qualities to 

 recommend them. There are many other excellent varieties of 

 wheat, and each farmer must decide for himself, by experiments 

 on his own soil, which is the best for him to cultivate. We do 

 not believe in universal varieties of any plant. What is best 

 adapted for one section may not, and probably is not, equally 

 valuable in another. But when a variety has been selected it 

 should be kept pure, the seed carefully selected from year to 

 year, and the quality kept up, and if possible improved by the 

 best cultivation, or it will soon degenerate. The great inexcusa- 

 ble sm of American wheat growers has been, and is, their care 

 lessness in this respect. The Selection of Seed for wheat is 

 as important as the selection of stock for breeding. Seed wheat 



