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' le folloAving table gives dates of sowing and ripening, especially 

 in America additional to those given by Lippincott (18G;i), and in 

 many cases will give nseful indications of the progressive change that 

 has gone on since 1860 in methods of cultivation and in the habits of 

 the wheat itself : 



Locality. 



Deltaof Egypt ... 



Europe. 

 Malta 



Palermo, Sicily . . . 



Naples 



Rome 



Alps: 



3,000 feet 



4,000 feet 



Central Germany 



South of England. 



Middle of Sweden 



United States. 



Aroostook Coun- 

 ty, Me. 



Franklin Countv, 

 Me. 



Penobscot Coun- 

 ty, Me. 



Somerset Coimty, 

 Me. 



Washing ton 

 County, Me. 



St. Lawrence 

 County, N. Y. 



Do 



tude 

 north. 



Windsor County, 

 Vt. 



Oshkosh County, 



Walworth Coun- 

 ty, Wis. 



Hillsdale County, 

 Mich. 



Wayne County, 

 Mich. 



Washtenaw 

 County, Mich. 



Genesee County, 

 N.Y. 



Livingston Coun- 

 ty, N. Y. 



Ontario County, 

 N.Y. 



Monroe County, 

 N.Y. 



Seneca 

 N.Y. 



Do 



County, 



Utet^r County, 



Stfuix^n County, 



N.Y 

 Hainp.saire Conn- 



ty,>ilf 



46 47 

 45 00 

 45 00 

 45 00 

 45 00 

 44 40 



44 40 



43 30 



44 00 

 43 00 

 42 00 

 42 15 



42 15 



43 00 

 42 45 



42 45 



43 00 

 42 45 



42 45 



41 45 



42 15 



42 00 



Date of sowing. Date of reaping. 



Dec. 1 . 

 ....do. 

 Nov. 16 

 Nov. 1. 



May — . 



May 13 . 

 May 20. 

 June 2 . 

 July 2.. 



Dura- 

 tion. 



Days. 

 ISO 



Sept. 12 Aug. 7. 



Sept. 8 Aug. 14. 



Nov. 1.. July 16. 



Aug. 4.. 



....do.. 



May 15 



May 20 



May 21 to June 1 . 

 May 25 to June 1 . 

 Apr. 10 to May 10 

 Apr. to June 



Sept. 1 



Sept. 20 



Aug. 15 -. 



Aug. 20 to Sept. 20. 



Sept. 10-20 



August- 



Sept. to Nov 

 Sept. 18 



^ept. 1 



Sept. 1-15 



Sept. 10-25 



Sept. 5-25 



Sept. 1-20 



Aug. 15 to Sept. 15 



Sept. 15 



Aug. 20 to Sept. 25. 



Sept.25 



Sept.10-20 



July. 

 July: 



Sept. 2.... 

 Sept. 1-20. 



Aug. 25 to Sept. 10. . 

 Sept.6 



Aug. 15 



July 20 



July 10-20 



July 5-15 



July 8-20 



July 25 



July 20 to Aug. 20 

 July 15 to Aug. 1 . 



Julys 



July 20 



July 13.... 

 July 10-20 . 



July 25 . 



Variety of wheat 

 and remarks. 



May. 



Dayton. 

 Mediterranean. 



