524 CULTIVATED WHEATS 



The leaves are broad and deep bluish-green in colour ; the straw 

 is of medium length, and the grain large, very white, and of good 

 quality. It is suited to medium soils and does not succeed well 

 on clays. 



(ii) Hunter's White. — A winter variety with somewhat loose 

 ears, which taper upwards and are slightly awned at the tip {B, 

 Fig. 169). The spikelets are also narrow as in Talavera wheat, 

 but the immature plant is not such a dark-green colour as the 

 latter variety. The grain is flinty, large, dull white, with a pale 

 brownish tinge. This is a hardy variety which gives the best 

 results on medium and inferior wheat soils ; on good land it pro- 

 duces too much straw and is liable to become laid. 



(iii) Chiddam. — A winter variety with tall straw and ears of the 

 type of Hunter's White. The grain is white and rather starchy. 

 Chiddam White is a wheat suited to chalky and sandy loams in 

 the warm parts of Ihe south of England. 



A form known as Main's Stand-up appears to be closely allied 

 to this variety. 



A variety with red glumes and white grain is also met with 

 under the name of Chiddam. 



/iv) Fenton. — A winter variety with short irregular stiff straw 

 and slightly denser ear than Hunter's White. The grain is pale 

 white. It is a variety suited to rich soils. 



(v) White Victoria. — A winter wheat with long dense ears and 

 broad spikelets (C, Fig. 169). 



The straw is long and the grain very white, and of excellent 

 quality. 



(vi) Hardcastle. — A variety resembling White Victoria with 

 tall straw, but slightly shorter ears. 



The variety known as Trump grown on calcareous soils in the 

 south of England appears to be the same as Hardcastle. 



(vii) ScLuarehead. — A winter variety with very densely packed 

 ears, {D, Fig. 169), which are rarely more than 2^ to 2J inches 

 long ; the spikelets are broad. 



