4 WHEAT. it 



2. TRITICUM ^Sflivum; SUMMER WHEAT; 

 generally known by the name of SPRING 

 WHEAT. 



In the Whitby quarter of the Morelands 

 this fpecies of wheat has been cultivated 

 many years. It was introduced into the 

 Vale a few years ago ; but it does not feem to 

 gain an eftablifhment here. It has, however, 

 been fufficiently tried to afcertain the proper 

 month of foyeing : namely, April. 



II. RAISING VARIETIES. It is probable 

 that time has the fame effedl upon the varie- 

 ties of wheat and other grains as it has on 

 thofe of cultivated fruits^ potatoes^ and other 

 vegetable productions. 



In every country I find new varieties of 

 corn gaining footing, and old ones giving 

 place to them. Fafhion may influence a few 

 individuals to introduce a new variety ; but it 

 is not likely that fafliion alone fhould induce 

 a body of profeffional hufbanclmen todifcard 

 au old one. 



In GARDENING, varieties are endlefs ; and 

 frclh ones arc annually making : not perhaps 

 io much by accident as by induftry* Thus 

 to produce an early PSA, the gardener marks 



the 



