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Under average conditions it produces a heavy grain of bright, attractive, 

 plump appearance. As a milling variety it produces a large percentage of 

 white, starchy flour, of a quality that places it in the "Medium Strong 

 Flour " class. 



Improved Steinwedel is a fairly early, rather creel, free-stooling variety, of 

 medium height. The young growth is vigorous, of rather a pale colour, and 

 fairly erect. The foliage is abundant, with the leave- limp and drooping. 

 The straw is purple, stout and strong. In colouring, the ears have a charac- 

 teristic mottled appearance, while in term they arc large, full tipped, and tip- 

 bearded, with the spikelets open and rather irregularly placed. The chaff is 

 white, smooth, and loosely attached to the grain, which is fairly large, white, 

 and plump. 



Steinwedel was originally a selection from a field crop made by a South 

 Australian farmer of that name. It proved rust and smut liable, but also 

 highly drought-resistant, and, like Firbank, it was admirably adapted for 

 the production of fodder in the hottest and driest parts of the State. It 

 was also a prolific yielder of grain, but is extremely liable to shelling. 



Marshall's No. 3. 



Marshall's No. 3 is a late mid-season variety, which is usually of medium 

 height, but which occasionally grows tall. It stools freely ; the young growth 

 is fairly vigorous, and creeping rather than erect. The foliage consists of an 

 abundance of broad, rather limp leaves of fairly good colour. The ripe 

 straw is purple, stiff, hollow, and stout. The yellowish-white ears are of 

 medium size, slightly pointed and slightly tip-bearded. The spikelets are 

 set moderately close together ; the chaff is white, smooth, and open. The grain 

 is of fair size, but not very plump, except under good conditions. 



This variety is a crossbred which was produced by Mr. R. Marshall, of 

 South Australia. It is fairly rust-resistant — a quality which it derives from 

 one of its parents (Ward's Prolific). 



As a milling variety it belongs to the " Medium Strong " class. 



Tt is as valuable as a hay wheat as it is as a grain yielder. It should 

 usually be sown early, and it can be recommended for the Central Table- 

 lands, the Riverina, and the western slopes from north to south. Ten years' 

 trials on the farmers' experiment plots in central western districts have 

 proved it to have a marked utility as a general-purpose wheat in that part 

 of the State. 



Sunset. 



The young growth is erect, with medium light green, moderately broad, 

 leaves. The straw is below medium height, hollow, white, medium slender, 

 and slightly brittle. Its stooling capacity is sparse; the flag is medium in 

 amount and rather inclined to droop. The ears are rather erect, yellowish 

 white, smooth, awnless, of medium size, fairly open, uniform, with widely- 

 spreading spikelets. The glumes are sharp-pointed and sufficiently firmly 

 attached. The grain is of medium size, soft, regular, pale yellow, medium 

 opaque, with medium deep crease. This variety usually lies between the 



