NEW CROSS BRED WHEAT. 
CARTERS’ EARLIEST OF ALL. 
(SELECTION F.) 
Colour of Grain ... Bright amber, long and full. 
Length of Straw (with Ear) ... 52 inches. 
Length of Ear 7 inches. 
Colour of Chaff ... ... ... Lemon white. 
Average Period of Ripening on Clay Loam Soil ... Middle of July. 
Parents ... Talauera Amber and Carters’ Royal Prize Red Wheats. 
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS. 
In this Selection we have unquestionably the earliest Wheat in cultivation. It is very 
productive, habit semi-erect, and should prove specially valuable in those districts of 
the world where the summer seasons are short and a rapid-ripening Wheat required. 
Straw medium length, rather thin, but stands stiff and strong on the ground, pale 
colour. 
This Selection was estimated to produce 50 bushels per acre upon poor burning soil 
at our Seed Farms in 1887. 
Recommended for early Spring as well as for Autumn sowing. 
“The improved progeny (Selection F) ripens a fortnight earlier, and what is more, 
appears to possess far better quality, and is larger-headed than Talavera.”— Weekly 
Messenger. 
ABSOLUTELY FREE FROM RUST, 1890. 
Mr. Leonard Patterson, Hemel Hempstead, writes : “ I am of opinion that Carters* New Cross Bred 
Wheats are an improvement upon our old stocks. ‘Earliest of All’ will ripen much sooner than any of out 
old varieties. Unfortunately the birds have nearly destroyed this plot, as it was ripe before the rest. There is a 
plot of ordinary spring wheat next to the Cross Breds which is not nearly as good.” 
Price 21/- per Bushel of 63 lbs. 
Offered so long as stock lasts. All orders executed in strict rotation. 
