NEW CROSS BRED WHEAT 
CARTERS’ HOLBORN WONDER. 
(SELECTION C.) 
Colour 
Length of Straw (with Ear) 
Length of Ear 
Colour of Chaff 
... Pale brown, translucent. 
... 54 inches. 
6 inches. 
Distinct shaded pale buff brown. 
Average Period of Ripening on Clay Loam Soil ... End of July. 
Parents Golden Drop Red and Mammoth White Wheats. 
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS. 
A long-eared Wheat, habit semi-erect, stout strong straw, specially remarkable for 
productiveness. 
The influence of the male parent is shown in the length of the straw, the colour and 
character of the grain, and by the peculiar short-awns at the apex of the chaff. Straw medium 
length, stout and strong ; a heavy cropper, of fine quality. 
Two Ears of this Selection contained respectively 67 and 64 grains. 
This Selection was estimated to produce 50 bushels per acre upon poor burning soil 
at our Seed Farms in 1887. 
N.B. — The Beard of the male parent generally drops as the Ear matures (w Illustration). 
Price 21/- per Bushel of 63 lbs. 
Offered so long as stock lasts. All orders executed in strict rotation. 
