526 CULTIVATED WHEATS 



This wheat is little subject to rust and gives good yields of 

 paleish red grain. It has short, stiff straw and can be grown on 

 rich soils without fear of 'lodging.' On account of its weak 

 tillering power it requires to be sown rather thickly. 



b. Ear white, glumes covered with white velvety hairs. 



(i) Rough Chaff white, White Velvet-eaxed, or Old Hoary 

 White Wheat. — A winter variety only suited to dry climates, and 

 therefore more largely grown in Kent and Sussex than in the 

 northern counties. In damp climates the hairs on the glumes 

 hold water, and the latter is specially liable to induce sprouting 

 or germination of the grain in the ear. 



Varieties with open and denser ears are known ; the commonest 

 form has compact ears and short, stiff straw. 



The grain is white and semi-transparent, of excellent quality. 

 It is best adapted to rich soils. 



c. Ears red, glumes smooth. 



(i) Lammas. — A winter variety, somewhat tender and only 

 suited to mild climates such as the south of England, where it is 

 grown on rather inferior soils. The straw is long and the ears 

 lax and tapering, of the type of Hunter's White {B, Fig. 169); 

 the spikelets are narrow and the glumes of a dark-red colour, 

 especially near their tips. The grain is red and of good quality. 



A variety known as Red Kent is probably identical with this. 



(ii) Hopetoun. — A variety with long straw and resembling 

 Hunter's White {B, Fig. 1 69) in form of ear. The grain is white 

 and flinty, and yields flour of good quality. 



It is a somewhat tender variety. 



(iii) Spalding or Spalding's Prolific. — A winter variety, with 

 long loose ears, not tapering much at the tip, and tall, stiff straw. 

 It is one of the most productive wheats and has reddish-yellow 

 grains of fair quality. 



(iv) Golden Drop. —A prolific variety with dense ears re- 

 sembling C, Fig. 169. The straw is stout and of medium 

 length, the grain plump, pale-red, and of fine quahty. 



