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Pithusian flint wheat, from the island of Ivica, another fall 

 variety, resembling the Algerian, bat having larger berries, 

 varying in color from light to dark. 



Syrian spring wheat ^ from the " Farm of Abraham," at the foot 

 of Mount Carmel, in the Holy Land. The berry of this variety 

 resembles that of the last preceding, and is reputed to have ma- 

 tured in sixty days after sowing. 



Cape wheat, from the Cape of Good Hope, procured by Commo- 

 dore Perry, of the Japan expedition. This is a beautiful light 

 colored wheat, slightly flinty in its character, and doubtless pro- 

 duces an excellent flour. It probably will do much better in the 

 South than in the North, if sown in autumn, unless it should prove 

 to be a spring wheat. If successful, it will be liable to degenerate, 

 unless the seed is often replenished or changed. 



Spanish spring wheats (Trigo candeal) from Alicante, a beautiful 

 variety of unsurpassable whiteness, and is reputed to have ripened 

 in less than ninety days after sowing. It will doubtless succeed 

 well as a winter wheat at the South, and a March or spring variety 

 at the North. The berry is rather long, plump, and slightly flinty 

 in its character. The flour is of unrivalled whiteness, and is 

 celebrated in Spain, as entering into the composition of candeal 

 bread (pan candeal). 



White Hungarian wheatj (ble blanc de Hongrie, of the French,) 

 from the south of France. The spikes of this variety are white, 

 of medium length, very compact and square- like, terminating 

 abruptly or not tapering to the extremity; chaff smooth and thin, 

 spikelets, containing four grains, which are quite large, short and 

 plump, or rounded, white and slightly transparent. Weight 6G 

 pounds to the bushel. It is reputed to be about a week longer in 

 ripening than other sorts, but from its superior qualities it well 

 deserves a trial in this country, as a fall or winter wheat at the 

 South, and a March or spring variety at the North. 



Red- chaff white wheat, from England, having a very large, short, 

 rounded berry, generally soft, but often transparent. It is rather 

 tender and probably would not succeed as a fall wheat, north of 

 Virginia. 



