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in quantity and quality equal to the best of the other varieties. 
Its fly proof quality was by many supposed to be owing to the 
hardness or solidity of its straw. The fly freely deposited its eggs 
upon this wheat, but it was seldom, if ever, materially injured by 
it. The Srevter wueat (Triticum spelta, Linn.,) was also long 
since remarked as never having been injured by the fly. This is 
so very inferior a species, that it is but little in use in this coun- 
try, and only cultivated because it will grow well on the poorest 
soils, whether the season be wet or dry, and is free from all mal- 
adies. It has a long, slender, beardless head, with the chaff so 
firmly attached to the grain, that it can only be separated by pass- 
ing through a mill, and yields a yellowish flour. It is more high- 
ly esteemed in Germany than in any other country, being there 
preferred even to all other kinds of wheat. The Cuma wuear, 
said originally to have been found in a crate of imported China 
ware, branches and grows very much like rye, ripens at least a 
week earlier than other varieties, yields largely, (forty or fifty 
bushels per acre it is said,) and has never been known to be in- 
jured by the fly. (Pat. Off. Report, 1844, p. 43.) The Meprr- 
ERRANEAN WHEAT, in such high repute for its fly proof and other 
qualities, was introduced inte Maryland in 1837. It is a light 
red-chaff, having a long stiff beard, a long, red, and very flinty 
berry, and ripens about ten days earlier than other varieties. Mr. 
Garnett, in his Fredericksburg address, considers its only title to 
be designated as fly proof, is, that it recovers better than other 
wheats from the depredations of this insect. In the South. Plan- 
ter, (vol. ii., p. 243,) it is said to be a coarse dark grain, much 
like rye, and yielding such indifferent flour, that some of the mer- 
chants had announced they would buy no more of it. Its straw 
too, when grown upon a fertile soil, is said to be too weak to 
support the head. Mr. R. L. Wright, in the American Agricul- 
turist of 1843, and others, state that it improves by cultivation. 
As it becomes fully acclimated, it will, we doubt not, lose its most 
objectionable traits; but will it not with them also lose its fly proof 
and other qualities, which are its main recommendations at pre- 
sent? On the whole, this variety is so very prolific, and so ex- 
