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BARLEY 



These various types are found in all the barley groups or classes. 



Color of Grain. Ordinary cultivated barleys have a whitish 

 grain, but in some the husk may be black or bluish. In others the 

 grain is either white, green, purple, or black. There seems to be no 

 important significance attached to color, except the trade prefers the 

 white barleys. 



Winter and Spring Barleys. There are no winter barleys that 

 can withstand the severe winter conditions of winter wheat or winter 



FIG. 66. On left, the hooded or trifurcate type, and awned barley on right. 



rye. A few varieties have a long, fixed, dormant period, as winter 

 whea,t and rye, but many varieties may be sown in early spring as 

 well as fall. There are quite a number of varieties of six-row barley, 

 of botli the true six-row and the common six-row, sufficiently hardy 

 to- be sown in the fall in mild climates. Winter barleys are grown 

 about as far north as Tennessee, but north of the Ohio Eiver they 

 usually winter-kill and are too uncertain for general culture. 



Types in Cultivation. In considering the value of the types, 

 neither the true six-row (No. 1) nor the broad two-row (No. 4) is 



