No. 7. Varieties, Properties, and Classijication of Wheat. 211 



In Class 2 — Velvet Husked. White Wheat. 

 No. 1, E.— Triticiini Koeleri.— L« Gasca, 

 1832, Ear largo, rather close. Downy or 

 velvetty. White, very plump, roundish, oval, 

 thin skinned grain. Tillers remarkably. 

 Blooms rather early. Straw four feet four 

 inches to four feet seven inches, very white 

 and firm, not liable to shed, retains moisture 

 from its huskiness, therefore should be har- 

 vested when dry, has produced twenty-six 

 pounds of superior white bread from eighteen 

 pounds of flour, and has produced fifly-five 

 impeiiul bushels of 64 lbs. the acre. 



No. 2, B. 



No. 3, C. 



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Small round. Triti- Triticuni Hybridiim, Co- 



r.iim Hybridum, Al- turiaiiuin a Coiiipac- 



bum DcDSum of I^a turn of La Gasca. 

 Gasca. 



Such is the sort of classification I should 

 wish to introduce, not one in a dead or bo- 

 tanical language, intelligible only to men of 

 science, but one in the mother tongue which 

 every farmer may comprehend, and by com- 

 paring his class book with the crop.', or varie- 

 ties that are lurking in them, may ascertain 

 wliich tliey are. 



This is merely a first suggestion, time and 



No. 4, D. 



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T.Tlavera Belviien.sis. 



further experience, guided by the experiments 



this little book may lead to, may prove the 



