The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-09-19
SCIENTIFIC FARMING.
Experiments In Wheat Growing Many
lev Foreign Varieties.


Walla Walla SIGiesmdn: We have be-
fore made mention Of the experiments Of
Mr.. W. II. Reed, Of the Well.knOwn firm
Of Reed 4 Co., grain merchants, in the
propagation ofdifIerent varieties Of wheat,
his endeayor being TO discoveF which
variety Of wheat was bsst adapted to this
soil, climate and methods Of harvesting
prevailing in Eastern Warrington and
Oregon. The introduction Of the blue
stem wheat BY Mr.. Reed has proven Of
great benefit to our iAFmers-moFe e.
peyially to those whose lands are situated
sway from the mountains, where there is
e comparatively light rainfall. On Eure-
ka Flat this season. for example, there
vas very little club wheat grown that
was merchantable, the majority Of the
club beng too badly Shriveled for milling
wheat. whereas the fields 10 blue stem
ali yielded from fair to good crops. There
is 20 doubt that the blue stem Is the bet
adapted to the lands situated away from
the mountains, where the rainfall b large,
Of al the wheat 20 far introduced.
Because the blue stem iS better adapted
TO our country than the club or the fie
wheat, Il does not follow that there Il no
more profitable wheat for our farinera to
grow. and with that view Of Il. Mr.. Reed
has for two years been experimenting
with fourteen varieties Of wheat, which
be has obtained from different parts oi
the world. Several Of these varieties he
secured from Prof. Blount, the most noted
scientific wheat grower Of the United
States, with Nhom be has been In ooTTsS-
Pondonce for two yeaTs on the subject d
wheat growing, and he has also received
assistance to some varieties from the U.
6. department Of agriculture. But, that
his experiments might be the more thor
ough, Mr.. Reed, some three months ago,
sent TO MessrS. Vilmorin, ,AndFieux 4 Co,
Of Paris, France, foE eleven more varieties
four Of them being selected by the Paris
firm as best adapted to the climate, soil,
rainfall, method Of harvesting, etc., a.
laid before them in elaborate detail.
These eleven varieties, which were OBJ
tained at no small cost, arrived In Walla
Walla Thursday.
There Is not much that can Be said to
describe the grains received here, further
than that they arc mostly Of the white
variety, and differ ntorm a. to length and
fatnesS. The eharacteriStS Of the grains
received from Tilmorin, AndEisux 4 Co.,
are described - fOllowsi
ROsseau. A winter Whsat. Straw up
right, stia and rather short The grain
white and big. There are lev Wheats
that give - large . yield without bending.
Natures early. Especially adapted to
rich soils.
Richelle. From Naples. Winter and
spring wheat. Straw white and tall.
Grain white, large, elongated, and very
fine quality. Rather sensitive 70 cold
and 20 only saie 70 SOW N the early spring.
Adapted 10 lands Of moderate fertility.
Zealand. Came from Italy, though
probably imported tron New Zealand.
An autumn and spring wheat. Straw
white, tall and strong. Two huaks are
long and blunt. Grain white, long, and
very full. A good yielder.
Trump. From England. A winter
wheat. The straw b tall ssrOng and
upright. The ear White, long and rather
loose. without requiring too much care.
1t Is . very hno, full, heavy grain, and
holds out well against all diseases. II
turns out well In al lands Of middling
fertility, but seems TO prefer those which
arc soft and Slightly ealeaTeous.
White Victoria. From the Baltic. A
winter wheat. Stem white, sti6, and up
right. Grain white. Suited 70 rood
lands and lands Of medium fertility. Il
EipenS In . bot, dry summer without
ShTiveling, and yields well.
White Flemish. From Flanders. Win
ter wheat. Straw white, straight strong
and grows high. Grain white, long full
and stout. It iS . white wheat, brought
TO its highest degree Of perfection; Il IL .