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is a very productive variety, but it is rather capricious. 

 Good black land, or rich sandy loams, suit it best. It 

 is suitable for common malting purposes. It was intro- 

 duced by Mr. Gorrie, of Carse Gowrie, in Scotland. 



Italian Barley has short, broad spikes, and the grains 

 are extraordinarily plump and round ; the bright yellow 

 colour of the stem has procured for it the name of 

 Golden Barley; its length is about three feet seven 

 inches. According to Mr. Lawson, it was first culti- 

 vated in Ayrshire, having been introduced from the Alps. 



Brown's Barley has stems four feet eight inches in 

 height, and elongated, heavy grains. It is early, hardy, 

 and prolific. It flourishes well on clay lands. 



Norfolk Short-necked Barley has a strong stem, five 

 feet high, and a great profusion of leaves. The spike 

 is slow in emerging from the sheath, and in wet seasons 

 is liable to choke in the blade. In dry seasons it is 

 very productive. 



Two-rowed Black Barley has the characteristics of 

 other two-rowed barleys, but is of a black-blue colour. 

 The kernel is white as chalk. The grains are large and 

 coarse. 



Peacock's Barley has short stems, about twenty-seven 

 inches high ; spikes short, broad, and tapering to the 

 summit, and grains large and coarse. 



Fluck-wheat Barley has a short wide spike, and 

 large, thin-skinned grains of good quality. 



There are at least a dozen other varieties of two- 

 rowed barleys. 



Common Bere has short thick spikes, and the grains 

 are arranged around the rachis in two single and two 

 double rows. The stem is about three feet three inches 

 high, and the spike two and a half inches. The grains 



