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advertised by some dealers and sold to farmers under the name of Giant Rye. 
t is inferior to many other varieties, for, although the heads present a fine 
appearance, the production of kernels is small; consequently the yield of grain 
is light, 
Triticum repens. (See Agropyron repens.) 
Triticum sativum Linn. Wheat. 
This and its many varieties which have been produced by cultivation is one of, if 
not the most important of the true grasses. It is one of the oldest of the culti- 
vated cereals, the grains having been found in very ancient Egyptian monu- 
ments, dating back to 2,500 to 3, 000 B. G. The numerous varieties are Wehen 
87.—Gama. (Tripea- Fig, 88.—Broad-leafed Spike-grass. (Uniola 
cum dactyloides.) latifolia.) 
(articulated); by the presence or absence of awns or beard; by the color of the 
chaff, and color and size of the grain. Triticum sativum spelta, of whieh there 
number of subvarieties, is one of the oldest grains, and was everywhere 
cultivated er per the Roman Empire, forming the chief grain of Egypt and 
Greece. It is still grown to some extent in parts of Europe, notably in northern 
Spain and southern Germany. In 1895 the wheat crop of the United States was 
placed at 467,102,947 bushels, while the wheat erop of the world is estimated at 
2,400,000,000 million bushels. For a discussion of the classification of the vari- 
eties of wheat, see Hackel's True Grasses (English Hanan and the Fourth 
Annual Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment S ion, 1885. 
Uniola gracilis Michx. Slender Spike-grass. 
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