ABSTRACT
The Classification of wheat seems always to have been in a more or less chaotic state. This is especially true of the nomenclature of varieties. There are several kinds of the less common wheats, such as Polish wheat, spelt and durum wheat, which have very marked characteristics, and which have perhaps not migrated so widely. The most widely and universally grown varieties of wheat in the United States are Fultz for soft winter, Turkey Red for hard winter, Fife and Blue Stem for hard spring, and Kubanka for durum wheat. The several conditions essential to the germination of wheat are moisture, warmth and oxygen. The Growth of a Wheat Plant is the aggregate result of the enlargement and multiplication of the cells which comprise it. Generally cells reach their full size in a brief time, and continuous growth depends mainly upon the constant and rapid formation of new cells.
