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48088 to 48102— Continued. 



48098. " Transvaal Kleinkoren wheat. A very famous old wheat, 

 considered by expert millers the best of the South African milling 

 wheats. It is grown under similar conditions to Wolkoren. 

 There are two strains, red and white, but it is impossible to get 

 seed of either of them pure. The Boers consider that the soil 

 affects the color and gradually changes white wheat to red or 

 vice versa." 



480991 " Gemsbok Oudebaard wheat. An old Cape Colony bearded 

 white wheat, grown under irrigation in the karoo, Britstown 

 Division, Cape Province, where the rainfall is about 10 inches 

 and the heat intense. It is a heavy yielder and the favorite 

 wheat in that part of the country. It is recommended for trial 

 in Arizona and New Mexico, under irrigation." 



48100. "Red Victoria. This wheat is grown commercially only on 

 the eastern high veld of the Transvaal ; that is to say, in the dis- 

 tricts of Ermelo, Bethel, Standerton, Carolina, and Wakkerstroom, 

 where the rainfall is about 33 inches per annum, mainly in the 

 summer months. 



" It is grown as a winter crop, sometimes under irrigation, but in 

 seasons where we receive a little winter rain it is treated as a 

 dry-land crop and is considered the only wheat which can be suc- 

 cessfully grown in those districts as a dry-land winter crop. It is 

 sown in the months of July, August, and September ; and it is per- 

 haps the only wheat which can be grown as late as September. 

 Red Victoria appears to be somewhat rust resistant ; it is har- 

 vested in the early summer and therefore subject to the early 

 summer rains, which bring rust to most wheat crops. The grain, 

 although small in appearance, is said to mill well. This may fit 

 in where climatic conditions do not suit regular varieties, and I 

 would suggest the advisability of crossing Red Victoria with some 

 other of your regular varieties, on account of its rust-resisting 

 tendency." 



48101. Trittcum durum Desf. Poacea?. Durum wheat. 

 " Ziraartbaard. An old Transvaal durum wheat, almost lost during the 



Anglo-Boer War. It is recommended for its relative hardiness ; also 

 known as &. A. Medeah" 



48102. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. Fabaceae. Cowpea. 

 " Dhal. Grown for food by the Bantu tribes of tropical and subtropi- 

 cal Transvaal and Natal. It has been taken up by white farmers in 

 Rhodesia as a green-manure crop." 



48103 to 48144. 



From Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Presented by Prof. A. E. V. Richard- 

 son, agricultural superintendent. Received July 22, 1919. 

 " The following barley and oat varieties may be of interest to you. Some of 

 them will be familiar to you as American-grown variet ; es obtained from the 

 United States some years ago and grown here ever since; those marked with 

 an asterisk (*) are of Australian breeding. Barleys Nos. 36 and J f 9 are two 

 recent crossbreeds." (Richardson.) 



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