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Ear, ion cm. long, with spreading spikelets and short awns, 3-5 mm. 

 long ; spikelets 21-23 ; D=22 (Ear type 2, Fig. 177). 



Empty glume, 9 mm. long, keeled to the base, apex broad ; apical tooth blunt, 

 5 mm. long (2, n, Fig. 166). 



Grain, semi-flinty, large, loosely held in the glumes ; 7 mm. long, 3-95 mm. 

 broad, 3-7 mm. thick. 



A similar form with laxer ears (0 = 17) from Russia. 

 



5. Fenton. A late form coming into ear at Reading about June 20. Intro- 

 duced by G. Hope of Fenton Barns, East Lothian, Scotland, who found it in a 

 quarry on his farm in 1835. ^ was mucn grown down to 1870, about which 

 date it began to be supplanted by Squarehead wheat. 



Young shoots, prostrate. 



Straw, somewhat slender, tall, 127 cm. (about 50 inches) high. 



Ear, lax, tapering towards both ends, about 10 cm. long, with a few awns 

 i cm. long near the apex ; spikelets 20-23 ; D = 21-23 (Ear type i, Fig. 178). 



Empty glume, 8 mm. long, apex truncate, apical tooth blunt, -5-1 mm. long 

 (6, 9, Fig. 166). 



Grain, flinty, plump, 6 mm. long, 3-5 mm. broad, 3-2 mm. thick. 



The following forms completely resemble this variety in habit of growth, 

 time of ripening, and morphological characters of the straw and ear : 



Chidham, a famous Old English wheat found in a hedge at Chidham in 

 Sussex in 1789 or 1790, Trump, Zealand White, Markischer, and some Russian 

 forms. 



6. Solid - straw White Tuscan. A form with solid straw and empty 

 glumes resembling those of T. Spelta ; received from New Zealand, the United 

 States, and Austria. 



Young shoots, erect. 



Straw, somewhat slender, very tall, 120-132 cm. (48-52 inches) high, solid. 



Ear, 9-10 cm. long ; spikelets 20 ; D = 20-23 (Ear type 2, Fig. 181). 



Empty glume, rigid, 8 mm. long, keeled to the base ; apex broad, truncate ; 

 apical tooth blunt, -5-1 mm. long (10, n, Fig. 166) ; lower and middle flowering 

 glumes with claw-like awns 5-6 mm. long ; awns of the apical spikelets 2-5 cm. 

 long. 



Grain, amber, flinty, 7 mm. long, 3-6 mm. broad, 3-5 mm. thick. 



7. Bobs. An early form received from Australia. It comes into ear at 

 Reading about the end of May. 



Young shoots, erect or semi-erect. 



Straw, somewhat slender, of medium height, 109-114 cm. (about 43-45 

 inches) high. 



Ear, 9-10 cm. long, completely awnless, tapered slightly ; spikelets 20-22 ; 

 D = 20-22 (Ear type i, Fig. 180). 



Empty glume, rigid, 8 mm. long, apex truncate, apical tooth blunt, -5-1 mm. 

 long (22, Fig. 166). 



Grain, flinty, 6-5 mm. long, 3-6 mm. broad, 3-25 mm. thick. 



Closely similar Australian forms with semi-erect young shoots, completely 



