The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-08-21
From the Experimental Farm JOurna
The Varieties of Wheat best adapted to the
different Wheat Growing Sections Of
the United States.

The Varieties of Wheat best adapted to the
different Wheat Growing Sections Of
the United States.
As the season is near at hand when
farmers must select their seed for SOW
ing the fall crop, few suggestions on
the varieties which have most favorablv
recommended themselves to me may
assist those who have not had the same
opportunity for observation and expert
ment which | have. In doing so | will
seek to be as plain as possible, The
most common classification of wheat,
and that which is most apparent to
every one, distinguishes the different
varieties into smooth and beardy, red
and white. In my remarks shall Oh
serve this classification as closely as
possible.
French White Chat Bearded Mediterranean
Red
has the largest grains, and is classed
as one of the best of all the varieties in
my possession, Its adaptabilty to soil
and climate is very great, and it sue
ceeds admirably in producing large
crops and maturing well throughout the
whole wheat growing section North of
latitude 81 deg, and East of the Rocky
Mountains. In this area of country it
has proved the hardest and earliest of
all varieties, and recommended itself for
general cultivation. 1t is best suited to
clay soils, but gives satisfaction in any
wheat soil 1t recommends itself cspc-
cially to light soils, by its vigor to with
stand the severity of winter The great
vigor and health of the plant enables it
to resist repeated freezing and thawing
better than almost any other variety
and this, together with its earliness to
mature, protects it against both rust
and the wheat nudge. The straw is
strong and healthy, grows about four
feet high, and rarely lodges. The quail
ity of the wheat is good, the grain
weighs shout sixtysfour pounds to the
bushcl, and makes excellent -four. 1t
should be sown about the middle of
September. 1t is the first to ripen of
all the red varieties now cultivated.
French Red Chat Bearded Mediterranean
Red Wheat.
The Red Chaff Bearded Mcditcrra-
mean has been sown in this section for
many years, and has always been re-
garded among the best varieties by the
majority of farmers, 1t has been culti-
waited longest in the Northern States,
and was known under variety of DIFF
fcrcnt names. The French Red Chat
Bearded Mediterranean is only new
importation of this same wheat, and is
fresh and hardy and vigorous, while
that which has been sown for q long
time has degcncrated and grown inferior
What is most wanted in this variety to
make it as productive as it ever was is
pure, healthy seed and careful cultiva-
ton The imported seed is early and
prolific, and free from wecvil and rust.
1t should be sown from the fifth to the
twenty-ffth of September. Both the
white and red chalf red wheats are
among the most hardy and productive
wheats grown any where. and ought to
be recommended for general cultivation.
There is no section of our country in
which they will not accimatc and pro-
duce large and profitable crops.
German Red chat Bearelless Red Wheat.
This wheat, lately imported from
Europe, is the same that is known here
as wecvil-proof Red Chatf Smooth, and
has different name in almost every
locality. 1t is the Red CHAT Mcdter,
ranean, differing from it only in having
lost its boards, and on this account is
preferred to the latter 1t is healthy,
early and hardy, and adapts itself read
lily to soil and climate wherever the red
chatf bearded whcats have been cult
waited. TO those prefcrring a smooth
red wheat | would recommend this
variety, sure that it will yield fair
crop, in almost any part of the United
States. For general cultivation | re-
gard it as the best of the smooth red
varieties.
Climate and cultivation work so many
changes in wheat that it is almost impos-
siblc to make distinct classiiications of
each variety of the same class. The
characteristics of many species are suf
fc;ently obvious and invariable to serve
the purposes Of the most stringent clas-
sification, but those that are extensively
cultivated run into SO many varieties as
to render it wholly impossible The
German Red Chaff should be sown
from the tenth to the twcntv-fifth OF
September.
White Chag' -MedherranetA -1mJer Wheat
has Esrn cultivated chiefly in the North
ern States, and cannot safely be recon-
mcnded to be sent South 1t ripcns
late when transplated from the North
to the South, and is liable to rust, and
to attacks of the wheat nudge When
sent East or West along the same lat
titudc it produces good crops Of the
very best quality of wheat. 1t should
be sown in the Middle States about the
tenth Of September.
Red Cjtnt Bearded 1Nedaerranean Red
Wheat
This is the same as the French Red
Chafl Bearded Mediterranean the chief
difference arising from its having long
been sown in this country. Whenever
it has been changed from one locality
and soil to another and the best seed
selected for sowing, it has continued
just as good as earl V and productive, as
the French Red Chalf. The failure to
do this, generally, has rendered most of
this variety worthless, and is the chief
reason why the latest importations are
to be preferred. This Red Chalf Bearded
however, has been carefully selected
from the earliest and healthiest spcci-
mems, and will produce fine crops in any
part of the country suited to the cult
walton of wheat.
Lancaster Red TFhcat
is also a variety of the Red Chall
Bearded Mediterranean. 1t was Oh
tanned by selecting from the field, in