WHEAT GERMINATING 

 ON ICE 



This picture shows an experiment 

 that illustrates the hardiness and virility 

 of wheat. It is obviously a plant that 

 can germinate in an almost arctic 

 temperature. Yet the original home of 

 wheat, so far as we know, was south- 

 western Asia. Such an experiment as 

 this, however, suggests that wheat may 

 have had ancestors that grew far to the 

 north. 



