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THE TTHEAT CULTOilST. 



The Alabaaia Taeiett. 



This TarietY is sometimes known better by the White 

 May Wheat. Before this variety had been injured by 

 injudicious cultm^-e and defective manage- 

 ment, it was one of the most perfect varieties 

 of white wheat ever cultivated. The ears 

 and line white grain closely resemble the 

 celebrated ^Tiite Fhnt Wheat. In .many 

 instances, this variety did not seem to en- 

 dure the cold of winter as well as many other 

 varieties. Before the Alabama Wheat had 

 been mingled with other varieties of seed, 

 with which the grooving wheat was allowed 

 to hybridize, a bushel of the grain would 

 yield as large a percentage of superfine fiom* 

 as any other known variety. But by per- 

 functory management in saving the seed, this 

 valuable grain, in many localities, has lost 

 its identity. The Alabama was nearly 

 midge-proof so long as the pmity of the 

 variety was maintained. Li some localities, 

 this variety, at the present writing — Xovem- 

 ber 1S67 — ^is cultivated vrith eminent satis- 

 faction. ETLppart says ••it ripens about the 

 same time the MediteiTanean does, but is 

 easily winter-killed, thits ^jetraviiig its south- 

 em origin: yields eigl-t^en z-j t'venty bushels 

 under ordinary circumstances : it comes highly recom- 

 mended from Morgan Coimty. Its geitert.I appearance 

 is very like that of the White Bl:i---:ci... -"it^ this dif^ 

 ference, viz. : the head, when fully ripe, is a deeper yel- 

 low than the Bltte-stem : the stem iust below the head is 



Fig. 20. 

 Alabama wlieat, 



