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Sunrise; the straw is tall, with a decided purple tint, and stands up slightly 

 better than Sunr.se. The -rain is of good size, pale brown, with thin husk 

 and somewhat stout awn. 



Quandong (or Cowra No! 22) is a selection from Ruakura oats made at 

 ( owra in 1914. The young growth is sparse and medium prostrate. It 

 comes into ear earlier than Ruakura— about the same time as Sunrise. The 

 straw i- slender, tall, white and somewhat inclined to lodge, but stronger 



Algerian. 



White Tartarian. 



than Ruakura at Cowra. The awn is not coarse and the grain is pale dun, 

 plump, and of medium length. The kernel has a comparatively high feeding 

 value and thin husk. Quandong should succeed in the drier inland districts. 

 Fulghum. — An American variety, rather like Algerian in its young 

 growth, hut the foliage is paler, with fewer stools. It ripens as early as 

 Sunrise, ami is a productive variety, with straw of medium height, the grain 

 heine brownish and rather short. 



