ТНЕ GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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—— VARIETIES оғ WHEAT. 
wn to English agriculture, we give a number of illustrations in 
tus On their hog tive merits generally, the f ollowing remarks 
gt e sorts kno 
ен he has received the Highland Societys ы nd of several new 
Wheats, some of which are cem fart x bes г which ыы к. indebted to 
Mr. Shirreff's patience in 
ectio! ers in cultivation up from qo 
dun. à & stock of su сторат апа Lof "elk кын ЧЫЙ 
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азе! мг vines о ө sot а 
of their relative productiveness, д 18 
«deb out of the unce ut 
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uld have been laid. 
mon with the Fenton White, which is ge highly 
£ Bursledon, Soutbampton, reports thus of the ability 
gra wet seasons :— 
ammi that the red varieties of Wheat are much less liable 
"Hh Безеу n like the t than the eg sorts; but my be ore S ex- 
irty-four years, enables me to say, that re the soil 
vourable, and the land in a goo vod s tate of стайл ә = white 
and durin in the 
Again, eh ye A^ white et the 
vs d sickle fourteen days sooner than 
when we find that all w: 
; and the same remark applies 
ind among the w ardiest, but red Whents 
jar weh weather better than white ones ; pue grain which when properly harvested 
véghs heaviest pe bushel is ы hardiest of the kind. ET kinds of red Wheat 
isem in Devonshir dà by the names of * Benjy? and * ery? are o Аан нг 
tin” Perhaps among the vum of recent ber ME а experience, I ought t 
2 { əf 
"S Bearded Wheat, Talavera,  Pringle's Bearded Wheat. 
mitem wth of the April bearded red Whent (Triticum æstivum), 
d with which it is very generally regarded. Mr. Arkell, of 
his experience of it:— 
qc стор of Wheat, this s year will be the Bearded April or Scotch 
ҸҸ Над > STOW it for many years, and have found it do best im 
short descriptions of the sorts figured—for which 
at the asia i to Messrs, Lawson, of Edinburg 
1 is an eru f LM АА White Wheat, for 
et 
f late Шет, and the pv баи of type m ion , 
the. Whe 
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the 1st day of March, it stood t season well, and eel 
ES age moderately | generally ME v 
obtair 
e 
y has 
No.1 edidi very жазу Pr ringles White Bearded Wheat, represented 
at No. 3. It is difficult to distinguish the ears of the two sorts, but ther 
April Wheat. 
diffculty in distinguish vd their seeds, 
Halletts Pedigree Wheat. Shirreff's Red Wheat. 
Th e grain of = сий is "n: and 
The grain of Pri 
rather 
small, white, gles is a little 
1 д, nge. 
w sorts of s tion 
here, bnt without a Кг established 2 ед such as other sorts possess. 
No. 2 is the Talavera White Wheat, easily recognised by the distance between 
ore f the Col. le Couteur's Бела ctn 
Wheat is one of our best sorts for spring sowing. 16 is à vhite Wheat of good 
quality, and cv pr olific. The straw, a short, is brittle; but it is fum, 
and EM : 
earded red Wheat, — ealled 
It is a ver, Д se i 
ected - 
ear. 
ol 
pen и our pages. 
No. piega ER another sort due to Mr. Patrick Shirreff, of Had- 
di rd. selected it about five years ago, and thus describes it, ЧІ is an 
autumn Pus ripening early, t tillering freely, not apt to lo odge, and characterised 
b beard. This — 
rea majority of the varieties ov 
the sheaf, the spro : e г s checke a in wet se л ап 
of them promo n fine weather. Unde circums t d 
to be injurious, and {hé fic es climate of Br itam x is — Ir sie tageous. 
In the figure containing t ree sorts, No. by its neighbourhood to 
ч fine ears of Н allett's and Shirreff"s Wheats in Nos "e B and 6. It is unquestionably 
er of them, for of igbt inches long, 
Hallett’s sort we have seen ears ei 
0 grains. The A shown on this figure appears to us, 
igorous growth, not so bold, nor of such breadth of ear as it 
mas Wheat, the original of a great many other 
sorts, most of which are iac "iskinguishable from it. Mr. M describes 
it as having France. It yields grain o and fair 
| productiveness, and is 6 this moment more largely cultivated as а 
probably at 
Wheat than any other sort. 
