Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-02-12
TIE FARMER.
'oA varietics of wheat.

Acorrospondentot the Michigan Farm
o, WHO inquiries respecting the dltieren,
varieties of Wheot-esI ocially as TO the
r"China Wheat" Tea Wheat" "Aus.
,ralia Wheat Tuscany Wheat" &C., is
ID thus rcp!icd 10 BY the editor, in the fol-
lowing interesting remarks:
THE Chinese whea, Is a white. beard.
less variety, and is very little known we
believe it is a winter wheat, but is not
cultivated to any extent. The Tea wheat
is sometimes known MS the Siberian wheat.
1t is Il spring variety, and considered one
of the very hest. The berry is white,
and it Yields n pure white flour. The
straw is rather short, and the heads of
medium length, but the grains are not
closely packed, each whorl being distinct
and separate from the one ebovc it, CIV
ing the heud q lean, unprolifc and light
bearing appearance.
The Australian wheat is q winter va
riety which has been introduced within
the past year.. II is a lnrgc-stemmed,
heavy-strawed wheat, with a very long
large berry. Several farmers have tried
i in this State, and some of them have
found u 40 produce largely, Stll it has
not become a f~ayuri,e. In the trials to
which wheat has been submitted for the
past three years, the Australian variety
seems TO have been wiped out.
There are two varieties Of Tuscan
.wheat-the Tuscan Bald and the Tuscan
Bearded. Both are winter varieties, and
were introduced from Tuscany into the
State of New York in 1897. The berry
of both varieties is large and white. and
the heads are large, compact and well
filled. Both varieties are tender, and
liable to winter kill, and this defect has
mo-, permitted either to become generally
cultivated. Where this has not happened,
or where the variety has been acclimated,
it has produced heavy crops. The Messrs.
Penfeld advertise Tuscany wheat for sale,
and could undoubtedly procure the seed Of
any variety which might be wanted.
"White Flint" and "Soule's Wheat
are two distinct varieties. Both are white
wheats, and both are winter varieties.
The first is supposed to have been origin
ally introduced into New Jersey in 1914,
from Spain. There is also a sort Of ira
ditional claim hat it was brought out from
the Black Sea. The straw of the White
Flint is of medium length, not so large as
that of some other varieties, but tough,
solid towards the root, and not so liable TO
lodge. The heads are a medium length,
with from thirty TO forty grains in each.
The grain is white in color, plump, not
large, but solid, with a thin skin. Mr..
Rawson Harmon, of Wheatland, Monroe
county, New York, states that a valuable
peculiarly is found in it, aud which nc
other variety possesses to a like degree
and that is the tenacity with which the
berry adheres to the chaff. This variety
also is considered very hardy, and thu
heaviest crop ever grown on the Genesee
Flats was from this variety and the Rec
Chaf Bald the two giving back 6S bush
els and 43 lbs. per acre.
The "Soule's Wheat" was first intro
duced into notice by Jonathan Soule o
Pennington, Monroe county, New York
in 1896 or 1882. This is a bald variety
having q straw Of medium length, with
heavy, full head. The wheat looks hk
a mixture of red and white, and som
heads have q red chaF and some ar
white. The berry is white, of mediur
size, veryt thin skin, aud yields a larg
proportion of -four of the best quality
the bushel. 1t has long been a favorit
variety in this State, hut of late it has de
Perforated, we think, owing to want /,
care in selecting the seed. The Blu,
stem, and the Canada Flint, or Canad
Club, or Hutchinson wheat, as the latte
is sometimes called, have been found moi
prolific, and have taken the place of Il
Soule's wheat with many farmers. Viii
others have given up white wheat alt
gether, on account Of their inability
grow it, and have taken to the Medite
n as being more hardy, and mo-
certain to prove profitable.