Improvement of the Flants of the Fai nt. 
Improved Square-head wheat travels far, and has largely taken 
the place of older favourites throughout a wide district. 
In the fine corn-growing district near Saffron Walden, Essex, 
the best sorts of cereals are Scholey's Square-head wheat, and 
Pain's Rivett for autumn sowing, and Nursery for sowing in 
spring. The Chevalier is the best barley, and the White Tartarian 
the best oat. The Chidham wheat, a superfine white variety, 
succeeds in Surrev, on chalks and sandy loams. The Peaked- 
ear wheat, a sort with slender tough straw, which lifts itself after 
becoming laid, suits the rich diluvial soil of the Sussex coast 
from Worthing to Bognor, and is rarely met with beyond its 
special district. As a rule, foreign sorts of wheat have not done 
well in England ; and we do not owe a single good variety to 
any of our neighbours. As might have been expected, ^Ir. 
Shirreff found on trial that most kinds of wheat from the colonies 
proved to be identical with our native varieties. 
Mr. William Trumper, Lake End Jlouse, Windsor, recom- 
mends Trump wheat, Chevalier barley, and Tartar oats. He 
adds : — 
" The late Mr. William Tnimper, of Domey, noticed some extraordinarj^ 
ears of wheat in a field near the Thames, which he picked and grew the seed 
for several years till he had enongh to sell. It has been very popular ever 
since, which has been about sixty years. It was at first called ' Trumper's 
wheat,' afterwards shortly ' Trump wheat.' " 
Mr. T. Bowick, Bedford, writes : — 
" The Eed wheals are very generally cultivated on our clays, and are the 
most productive. The Browick, the Golden Drop, the Hardcastle, Talavera, 
are in good repute. Among the bearded kinds, Eivetts and April wheats are 
fairly productive. The Chevalier barley is more productive and more grown 
than any other kind. The varieties of oats are numerous, but they are not 
much grown. The ^yhite and Black Tartarian have a considerable fame." 
From the Agricultural College at Downton, Salisburv, we 
learn that the approved varieties of that district are Square-head, 
Lammas, >^ursery, Talavera, Browick; Black Tartarian oats, 
and barley from Scotland and Norfolk. 
Messrs. Kaynbird and Co., of Basingstoke, Hants, enumerate 
the following varieties of cereals : — Wheat : Red Lammas, Red 
Nursery, Red Browick, Golden Drop, White Trump, Rough 
Chaff, Hunter's White, and April I3earded Red. Barley : 
Chevalier, Golden Melon, Archer's Stiff Straw, Golden Beard- 
less, and Winter. Oats : Black Tartar, White Tartar, Water- 
loo, White Poland, and Winter. 
In the favoured district of Evesham, Mr. A. H. Savory, 
Aldington Manor, mentions as favourite sorts. Square-head, 
Browick, Golden Drop, and Rivett Wheat ; and Hallett's Pedi- 
