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frost, in its earlier or later growth, and its lia- 

 bility to disease. 



2nd. The period of flowering or blooming, 

 and ripening. 



3rd. The height and nature of the straw, 

 whether it be white or dark colored, brittle 

 or tenacious, if liable to lay in wet seasons, 

 or otherwise. If fit for fodder, thatching, 

 bonnet making, or other purposes. 



4th. Nature of the ear, whether compact, 

 or widely spread, its length in inches. This 

 would of course vary in some soils, but it 

 would be interesting to know such variations, 

 the produce per acre. 



5th. The color of the grain, (this will also 

 vary with a change of soil,) whether coarse 

 or thin skinned, whether round or oval, large 

 or small, whether liable to shake out or not. 



6th. Nature of the flour and bran, with 

 their relative quantity. 



7th. Whether the dough rises well or not. 

 ' 8th. Quantity of bread made from a given 

 quantity of flour, its color, if of a dry or moist 

 nature, and the length of time it will keep. 



SMOOTH CHAFFED. 



In Class 1. — Nature and Habits. 

 No. 1, A. — Triticum Hybridum, Candidum 

 Epulonum Leucospermum " La Gasca" — No. 

 1 in the table. A variety from Dantzic — ear 

 full and large, ranging from three and a half 

 inches, to four and a half, in length. Grain 

 ratlier thin skinned, large, roundish, hardy. 

 Tillers well, blooms rather early, tall, 4 feet 

 8 inches, tenacious white straw. Rather lia- 

 ble to lay in rich land, sheds if over ripe, 

 produces excellent white bread of a rather 

 dry nature. Eighteen pounds of flour have 

 made twenty-four pounds of bread, — has pro- 

 duced fifty-two imperial bushels of 6.3 lbs. to 

 the acre. 



No. 2, B. — Triticum Alburn Densum — " La 

 Gasca," No. 2 in the table. I suspect it to be 

 the " Froment Blanc de Hongrie" of the 

 French, ear compact, square, from two and a 

 half, to three and a half inches long. Grain 

 i-mall, white, round and thin skinned ; hardy 

 tillers well, blooms a day or two later than 

 No. 1, tall, 4 feet 8 inches, stout white straw, 

 sheds little. 



No. 3, C. — Triticum Hybridum, Coturianum 

 a Compactum La Gasca, M. S. S., a seedling 

 of 1832. No. 7 in the table. Ear short and 

 compact, not quite so square as No. 2, which 

 it otherwise resembles externally, from two 

 and a half to three inches long, grain plump 

 and oblong, rather coarser skinned than No. 

 I, hardy, tillers remarkably. Blooms rather 

 earlier than No. 2. Straw short and slight, 

 four feet high, not at all liable to be laid. 

 Sheds little, highly productive, having afford- 

 ed fifty-eight imperial bushels to the acre 

 this season. 



No. 4, D. — Triticum Hybridum, Talavera 

 Belvuensis. Ear Long, Straggling, and Pyra- 

 midal, from four to six inches long. Grain 

 large, oblong, and thin skinned. Tillers 



No. 1, A. 



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Class II. Velvet Husked 

 White Grain. 1. Hoary. 



No. 1, E. 



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[Fiff. 29.] 



Jersey Dantzic. Triti- [Fig. 29.] 



rum Hyhriduni.Candi- Triticum Koelen of La 



dum Epulonum of La Gasca. 



Gasca. 



moderately. Earliest to bloom, eight or ten 

 days sooner than the three preceding sort^. 

 Straw tall, slight and bending, and brittle if 

 over ripe, liable to lay in rich land, hijjlily 

 farinaceous. 



