VARIEriES OP WHEAT. 



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rom being constantly sown in Spring. For it is a 

 curious fact that Winter wheat, if sown in Spring, 

 year after year, acquires a habit of ripening earlier 

 than the same wheat sown in Autumn. Therefore the 

 farmer when he sows in Spring, chooses the seed of 



HICKLING S PROLIFIC. 



HUNTER'S WHITE 



WHEAT. 



TALAVEKA WHITE 

 WHEAT. 



wheat which has already been sown in Spring, not the 

 seed of Autumn-sown wheat. 



It is impossible to notice the numerous varieties of 

 wheat in cultivation in this country, but we may briefly 

 describe one or two foreign species. Egyptian, or many- 

 spiked wheat, differs from all other kinds in having a 



