. Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants). Agriculture. EYE AND BABLET 69 It may be distinguished from a wheat grain, by the longer, slenderer, more wrinkled appear- ance, and by the fact that the crease is more shallow. The head of rye (Fig. 23) is longer than that of wheat or barley, and long beards are borne on the tips of the glumes. The heads are usually slightly flat- tened, the beards being arranged loosely in two rows and not spreading so widely as in bearded wheat and barley. The young plant of rye may be distinguished from young wheat and barley by the very small auricles a
. Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants). Agriculture. EYE AND BABLET 69 It may be distinguished from a wheat grain, by the longer, slenderer, more wrinkled appear- ance, and by the fact that the crease is more shallow. The head of rye (Fig. 23) is longer than that of wheat or barley, and long beards are borne on the tips of the glumes. The heads are usually slightly flat- tened, the beards being arranged loosely in two rows and not spreading so widely as in bearded wheat and barley. The young plant of rye may be distinguished from young wheat and barley by the very small auricles at the points where leaf-blade and leaf-sheath join (Fig. 24). Young rye plants usu- ally show considerable reddish color in the stem, and the foliage. Fig. 23. —Heads of Southern Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Duggar, J. F. (John Frederick), 1868-. New York, The Macmillan company
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