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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



38618 to 38632— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. J. Burtt Davy.) 

 38624 and 38625. Triticum durum Desf. 



38624. "(No. 14089.) Theunissen (durum). The Theimissen 

 shows an interesting transition from durum to soft type, which 

 our millers think may make it useful in time." 



38625. "(No. 14090.) Medeah wheat." 



38626 to 38631. Triticum aestivum L. 



(Triticum vulgare Vill.) 



38626. "(No. 14091.) Ecksteen wheat. Resembles the Wit 

 Kleinkoren [S. P. I. No. 38628], but is said to be some three 

 weeks earlier in coming to maturity." (Transvaal Agricul- 

 tural Journal, vol. 6, no. 22, p. 250, 1908.) 



38627. "(No. 14093.) Fourie wheat." 



38628. "(No. 14094.) Wit Kleinkoren. A short-stalked small- 

 eared, white, bearded, glabrous wheat. By many farmers 

 it is considered the best wheat of the country, though others 

 prefer the softer grained, beardless Wolkorens. On many 

 farms it was lost during the war and has not again been ob- 

 tained, but some plants are to be found in almost every wheat 

 field, and a few farmers have reestablished their stocks by 

 selecting two or three and growing them separately ; these 

 farmers are now in a position to sell to their neighbors. The 

 plants of Kleinkoren are low of stature as compared with the 

 Wolkorens, hence the name Kleinkoren ; the ears are smaller 

 and average fewer grains than in the Wolkorens, but it is evi- 

 dent from the great variation in size under similar conditions 

 that this fault could, to some extent at least, be improved 

 away. Kleinkoren is said to require much manure, and it is not 

 recommended for unmanured lands unless they are very rich. 

 In the" Crocodile Valley it is usually grown on lands manured 

 with kraal manure and cropped with the tobacco during the 

 previous summer." (Tra7isvaal Agricultural Journal, vol. 6, 

 no. 22, p. 250, 190S.) 



38629. "(No. 14095.) Rooi Wolkoren. A beardless, tall-grow- 

 ing, heavy-headed variety, stooling well, i. e., producing a large 

 number of stalks from a single root ; the grains run from 75 to 

 109 per ear ; the outer glumes are densely clothed with brown- 

 ish red down, hence the name Wolkoren. This is the most 

 widely gi'own variety in the Marico and Crocodile Valleys, and 

 in the opinion of most farmers it divides honors with Klein- 

 koren as one of the two best wheats for these regions. For 

 poor and unmanured lands it is considered the best wheat 

 grown. The wol is considered objectionable, as it is said to 

 felt the sieves of the machines ; in damp seasons it hinders the 

 drying out of the sheaves, as the moisture is retained longer 

 than on the smooth ears of the Kleinkorens." (Transvaal Ag- 

 ricultural Journal, vol. 6, no. 22, p. 252, 1908.) 



38630. "(No. 14096.) Gluyas Early wheat." 



38631. "(No. 14097.) Australian Early wheat." 

 38632. Erythkina zeyheri Harvey. Fabaceae, 



"A very ornamental hardy herbaceous perennial. Flowers scarlet." 



