12 OUR FARM CROPS. 



by millers for finest flours ; good cropper ; succeeds well in 

 good districts of the north. 



Velvet -eared, or Rough Chaffed. Straw short and 

 stout; grain medium size, of pearly white colour; ex- 

 cellent quality, and good cropper; requires dry climate, 

 or apt to mildew ; largely grown in the eastern counties. 



Of the Red varieties the following are those generally 

 preferred: 



BurwclLSirsiW long, stout, and coloured ; ear large ; 

 chaff coarse and deep coloured; grain long-shaped and 

 dark; sample generally good; large cropper, and very 

 hardy. 



Browick Straw long and stout; ear bold and full; 

 less colour than the foregoing; grain short, plump, and 

 well shaped; skin moderately thick; very productive 

 and hardy; sample generally classed among the finer 

 varieties. 



Bristol. Very similar in character to the Browick ; 

 straw strong ; grain rather coarser and longer ; very hardy ; 

 yield generally good ; sample inferior. 



Clovers. Straw long ; grain and chaff stout, but of a 

 lighter colour than the preceding; sample fair; good 

 cropper. 



Hicklings Prolific. Straw long and stout ; ear large, 

 and of a compact square form ; grain short and roundish, 

 of a deep yellow colour ; chaff white ; yield large, but of 

 inferior quality. 



Kessingland. Ear large; grain large, dark yellow 

 colour ; somewhat coarse, but very productive. 



Lammas. One of the best varieties of red wheats; 

 grain dark coloured, plump, and fine skinned ; straw stout 

 and clean; should be cut early, to prevent shelling; 

 sample good, and liked by the millers ; fair cropper. 



Pipers Thickset. Straw short and tough ; ear square 

 and compact, tapering towards top, with awns which 



