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C/iidham. Fine quality; short, compact grain, with fine 

 transparent skin ; meals well, and fetches a good price at 

 market ; largely grown in the southern counties ; increas- 

 ing in Scotland. 



Dwarf Cluster. Short, firm straw ; tillers well ; yield 

 generally good both in quality and quantity ; suitable for 

 rich, humous (vegetable mould) soils: grown chiefly in 

 the south, but stands the north climate very satisfactorily. 



Essex. Resembles Chidham ; probably the same wheat 

 slightly altered by cultivation in a different district ; fine 

 thinskinned variety, with square head and no awns; 

 esteemed highly by millers ; yield good in good districts. 



Fenton. Hardy, with short, strong straw ; rarely falls ; 

 good cropper ; suitable for rich soils ; quality of grain good. 



Hopetoun. Resembles Hunter's, rather finer quality 

 perhaps ; hardy ; good cropper ; largely cultivated in the 

 north ; esteemed in the markets. 



Hunters. Rather thick ear, tapering towards point; 

 grain rather large, plump ; top dull white or a light 

 brownish tint; quality excellent; hardy; grown exten- 

 sively in the north ; succeeds well in the south. 



Pearl. Resembles Chidham and Essex ; fine quality of 

 grain ; straw long and stout ; early at harvest, and suit- 

 able for either winter or spring sowing, on rich warm 

 soils ; meals well. 



Spring. Bearded ; ear shortish ; grain thin, with trans- 

 parent skin ; straw generally shortish and weak ; ripens 

 quickly even when sown late in spring. 



Talavera. Ear long and thin ; grain very large, plump, 

 with rounded ends; quality excellent; meals well, and 

 always tops the market ; tender habit ; sown in spring, 

 and requires good soils ; has not succeeded in the north. 



Uxbridge. Apparently same as Chidham, improved 

 by climate ; ears larger ; grain small, short, and plump ; fine 

 white colour; sample beautiful, and much sought after 



