820 THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
L Avavsr 30, 1862. 
Lammas except by name and оол], арамен. And as resembling it we may | the characters which distinguished it at first, Mr. Ho ope sent it int 2 
here name the so-called Nursery Wh 1 quality.| as a m variety, and the Fenton White Wheat кул эу їз et о the: 
No. 8 is the white Essex Wheat, Ш whit ры transparent, and thin skinned; | part of the стцы. 4 is characterized by a moder "m py in every 
much approve ed by the miller; res m many other ki y" as Uxbridge and | on а straw not o nly remarka bly short, but бо онат ад il even 4 
ther of cadis ShirrefPs. Nis) in the form f its ear; somewhat | consequence of this latter peine ity is that its yield of раге ength, Te 
rl E se characteristics generally y exceeds the 
long i in straw, and not so early i 
are taken rm Lawson’ s mi rs nt of it 
о. 9 is the 
Wh 
Pues: rie the original of a number of w v rais sorts, among жй. we 
name Browi ck. Re ed QN heat as опе of the , bes t. These are al! tall, stiff-strawed 
Wheates, to th icts where they originated, of vigorous 
growth and кн. Spalding Wheat is nid by Mr. Haxton to have often yielded | 
Fifeshire. 
K dam White Wheat, though represented in the drawing as almost 
eq al in len and strength K: the ear of Spalding, is э so long and fine, It 
is збе үк for mé quality of its grain, which is "— ма wan di rouud and 
heavy. It is well adapted to the lighter c class of в oils 2 the southern English 
counties, 
. The Mungoswells ` n ‚ No. 11, is another of Мт. Shirreff's sorts, resembling 
said to be somewhat зету and to tiller more pu E 
reri not NE d of that fixity of character which has given Hur 
its reputation, 
No. 12 is Hunter's, опе of our oldest — white Soa largely grown in 
Scotland, where it has been known for sixty or seventy yea In some of the 
earliest бш ns of eats, Hunter's came out in quality 
апа quantity together, with more ре ет асге is any other kind, and while many |. 
of its «чы ы have possessed but a short-lived vom А; etains the character 
with which it started. The idi description of it 3s by Mr. Hope, of 
Fenton Barns :— 
* It is a white Wheat, though in e seasons many of the grains are very high 
nme clear, and Mai, which might кр those unacquainted with it imagine 
it was mixed with red. Th e straw is ot moderate bes э: the ear medium-sized, the 
chaf в тә th and t in, b but the pickles are bitler too 
closely nor too widely set. It poss a hardy n be with ^in nds w е, s 
winter’ s frost, tillers freely i in v spring, i is as little liable to disease as an ety 
For than a dozen of years it formed the жазбага T by 
-— t tried all other Padus pen 5 л со (Чен unquestionably the favourite 
jori the Lothian x inst 
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they sometimes grew of much finer quality the first year after they were imported 
еч ay уе so much grain, and always rapidly deteriorated. The Chiddam 
4 Pearl Wheatas, ep: iri jn quality, never yielded within a quarter per 
m аз compared with 
No. 13 me Hopetoun V Vhen ы а "variety originated by лун Shirreff, of d че оле 
16 possesses а stiff, tall straw, a long ear, and is productive sort, of good 
quality, „perhaps not quite so hardy as some other kinds. It is a smooth chaffed 
white Wheat, and has a magnificent appearauce when growing, and consequently 
Mun petoun | 
сінь. mat of it гай T who see 16 poc harvest for пе int T3 ди | 
CERE 
This abundant yield i js no doubt the result of the distribution л i “1 thi 
| Mei па heights yox theland; there is not A is. of them which there 
| wou = if they I all on one bes And this one sort acc cordingly eret 
— sult v es n be obtained in other а cum by mixing two or three 
sorts together E dw straw of various lengths. „This HM the result of 
experimentis in France and elsewher f different grains з 
i à 
ngs, Ee many 80 TD md 
ears п. TIAM when mixed shall t differen eris above the land will, j 
as Fen n Whent is s found to do, Yield n the more pene from this one cause, 
And tl à Wheats for seed, may т 
receive dis justifie cation in this ink the 
The Fenton Wheat has been describe by Mr. Hope, who says:—^I кее уыз 
heads of the Fenton Wheat are larger € the Hunter's 
a few days earlier; the grains, also, are rather more closely se n 
oed firmer and shor ter, and with the pesar, of рыр. dire rade 
| the same stem m the ban md артат, 
IY should be cut when the prang, are soft, araneo of 
E impaired ; bu d when. eut it has the че d flinty look аач Са 
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more than t dein of ii em; which 
| the iiim proportion = other kinds of Wheat. уо I esteem its 
cation is its strength of — if it is lodged, other т kinds il 
less. Itis, therefore, well ad: ted for. EC e whieh 18 Бар land 8 
order of the day, most farmers ek pe oss vered, that if m e: » 22 9 
still dearer, with its accompanying ex Six years med in favour of 
field, one half Hunter's Wheat, and the other T half Fenton; the dite riri since 
Fenton was fully two quarters an acre, from Hunter's bein ne 9 ple c У except 
Essex, куза Chiddam, the i the growing О { Fen 
1 r tw 
Seotlan: у : 
sometimes disappoints sanimin и It has been extensively sown both in e an noro or two ofany AN RV uibs. A aias Die 
| ја n ear of Fenton White Wh appear ow losing favour. lden Drop, Kentish High Back-—the two last resembling the NOUS Pipers 
and th 5 — d stout-strawed, large-eared j 
sti and тан M iss ter ved ud Бей E ye rkably се sit l Wheat s категе d "url, wall оре » - м тта во that 
> quarry in s " hian set stout ear. Clover’s red is of vigorous growth, straw 10 1 oferred 
The g grains which E эч» ébris of which it had accidentally grown. itis de wot likely do. m ы E: ie a Cambrid Е and is there being PP 
produced enough hich these ears zl ommtained a ing sown foi fi y 
or a few successive years l РГА 
to ian vig Жый: айй, өе Wh en талда duris tha Үзем to the B urwell Red, а pes га of the Golden Drop class. эй strawed sort, 
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