So6 CULTIVATED BARLEYS 



varieties belonging to this division of the two-rowed race have 

 not unfrequently taken very high places. 



Examples of varieties belonging to this sub-race are, Imperial, 

 Webb's Beardless, and Goldthorpe. 



The ear of Webb's Beardless loses many of its awns when ripe. 



Sub-Race III. Narrow Bent-eared Barleys {Hordeum dis- 

 tichon nutans). — In these barleys the ripe ears bend over on 

 one side and hang down so as to become almost parallel with 

 the stem. 



The ears are narrower and longer than those of the previous 

 sub-race, the smaller width across the ear being due to the fact 

 that the grains are placed farther apart on the rachis and jut out 

 from the latter at a smaller angle than the grains on an erect- 

 eared variety (C, Fig. i6i). 



To this sub-race belongs the Chevalier variety raised by the 

 Rev. Dr Chevalier of Debenham, Suffolk, in 1819. 



Chevalier barley and the various selections from it are superior 

 to all others for malting purposes ; they are, however, somewhat 

 delicate and liable to lodge on highly-manured soils. 



Many other varieties included among nodding-eared barleys 

 are met with, all of which produce useful malting samples when 

 carefully managed : common representatives are Old Common,' 

 Nottingham long-ear, and others with seedsmen's special names 

 attached. The grains of these varieties are generally darker in 

 colour than Chevalier barley and possess thicker glumes and 

 pericarp. 



3. Distinguishing features of barley grains belonging to dif- 

 ferent races and sub-races. —One of the essential conditions for 

 the production of a good malting sample of barley is that the seed 

 sown should be as far as possible of the same variety, so that the 

 ripening of the crop and the composition of the grain should be 

 uniform. As it is not difficult to distinguish the grains of the chief 

 races and sub-races from each other, farmers should make a 

 point of becoming acquainted with their peculiarities, especially 



