The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-09-13

nhAsSs Aso0s1~ 80 Vs. sANg- y
10 re Rdiisr II lie 1maisun Farmr.
DEaR SIR:-in lhe,lAsi number az ills
Farmer. You make mcnliOn nf a wheat
raised hy cal. Bel. and rallied Monument
Wheat. which differs So materially from
= new variety which hare obtained from
tie same sourcr. - 10 cause me na liule
81 prise. | ,rnd you embossed a few
grams af my What. Mhirh ] call the Flu
renee Wheat. frnm Gresuhow's statue
having heen made in lhaI city. IIs his.
iay Is ~ lullnws: Win GTefnll0w's
statue Of Washington was nnpacked IN
the roiinda Of she Capitol. Mr.. James d..
Wa'ler, assisted liz 3 me af The other
Ruarls ri the hll.ld,ng. rollerlrd about half
y gill of Whrai irom among The straw
wnh uhirh the slalne was parked. aud
hrnnght il 10 nv grandfather, Major Wm.
Noland: then Commissioner of Public
Buildings. Ny grandfather carefully sow.
rd and preserved u. and npon his leasing
Oui hls farm ilfer ycaTs agn lei me have
the wheat. which had Increased To three
peess. ! snwed II. hui Tie hogs GOT lnJo
1t aud injured il So much iha, nnIy VAS
able In save ,h0ni , hush,l. Nhiph then
sosed and got twelve. Last fall ! sawed
the twelve bushels on a pieee Of rarn
ground, and hupe have made one hun
drei and tifiy. having MT yet rhrcshrd il
out. As far a. my observation of this
wheat gnes. ] CONSIDER il superior 10 any
thing with wl.irh ! am acquainted. n IS
whiie.ninl wheat with a smoolh head
and purple straw, and weighed last year
sixiy-i"ur lbs. To The bushel. II is a
wheat Of an extremely vigorous growth:
grows from ten 10 twelve inches higher
than any other Kind which we have. and
believe il Ia be equally ny proof with
the Mediterranean, having never heen in.
jured. whilst other kinds of wheat in the
same field have been much injured by The
hy. | think this variety is valuable &C.
QUESTION, and hope 10 be able next year
10 supply number Of gentlemen who
may desire il with seed. Should have
an opportunity, ] will send you on some
uf the wheat and some of The heads. aud
viii also deposite some Of il in the Paien,
Office. Yours very respectfully, sr
EDMUND BERKELEY. d.
s. This wheat was sowed in 0c,o.
her, after the hslAnce of my when, was
sowed. II was, however. shout the first
tina, ripene,l, and producrd nj least five
bushels 10 the arre more than the other
wheat IN the fitld. ss
Remarks Jy tie Editor.
We were 81 fortunate rs 10 have pre-
served The head If wheat sen, us by Col.
Bcll, as described in y. so OF our August
numher, and on comparing the grains with
those sem us by Mr.. Berkeley, We find
the former q line lager and longer, while
the roIor has 50 far improved since We re.
cei,td the head, as 10 he entitled TO he
called White Wheat. il being only the
'erirst shade darker Than that raised by
Mr.. u. As bnih were taken out Of the
straw with which Ereenhow's statue Of
Washington was parked. there must hare
been Two kinds. as while that OF Mr..
BcrkeIey's is smooth headed, that of Col.
BELTS ia bearded. Both are excellent
most excellent-y varieties, aud will. We
have liule doubt, prove 10 be great ucqui,
tI,ions To our country.
Mr.. Berkeley's specimen is among the
most beaulilil White Wheat We have ever
seen-il is fair, aud as plump as . SQUAD.
aud heavy wilhal. Amer. Farmer.
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