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external characteristics of a perfect variety. The rows 

 of grain are very regular ; the heads are large and well 

 filled with plump kernels ; the grain is of a beautiful 

 amber color; the straw is stiff, and has a fine silver 

 lustre ; the growing crop is nearly weevil proof ; the 

 straw is seldom affected with rust; the young plants 

 endure the cold of winter, extremely well ; and it is 

 one of the finest varieties of wheat that can be found 

 in l^ew Jersey, where it is grown with eminent profit 

 and satisfaction. 



Undesckibed Yakieties. 



'No doubt hundreds of my readers will wonder why 

 I did not describe certain varieties which have only a 

 local name, having been cultivated only in certain local- 

 ities. I am aware that there are many, probably, excel- 

 lent varieties of both winter and spring wheat, which 

 I have never heard of. I have heard of, and have seen 

 many varieties that I have made no allusion to in this 

 book ; because I have not been able to learn anything 

 really reliable in regard to their characteristics. Where 

 I knew nothing of a certain kind of wheat, and was not 

 able to obtain reliable information touching its excel- 

 lence, I have thought best to pen nothing about it. 

 There are many kinds of wheat in the Western States, 

 of which I failed to secure an intelligible description ; 

 therefore, I have omitted the names. 



