. A text-book of botany for secondary schools. Botany. 2vheat, rye, and barley by the flower clusters being lo(3se and spreading (Fig. 262), rather than in compact cylindrical clusters (spikes). It also has been culti- vated from the most ancient times, and to-day the United States and Russia pro- duce the greatest crops. Oats are usually sown as early in the spring as possible, de-\'eloping best in the cooler weather; and in northern latitudes the crop ma- tures in ninety days or less. Oats do not require so rich soil as wheat, and. Fio. 262.—Oats. After Baillon. hence can be grown successful
. A text-book of botany for secondary schools. Botany. 2vheat, rye, and barley by the flower clusters being lo(3se and spreading (Fig. 262), rather than in compact cylindrical clusters (spikes). It also has been culti- vated from the most ancient times, and to-day the United States and Russia pro- duce the greatest crops. Oats are usually sown as early in the spring as possible, de-\'eloping best in the cooler weather; and in northern latitudes the crop ma- tures in ninety days or less. Oats do not require so rich soil as wheat, and. Fio. 262.—Oats. After Baillon. hence can be grown successfully where wheat would not thrive. In 1899 the ITnited States pro- duced more bush- els of oats than of wheat. Rye.—This cere- al does not seem to have been so long in cultivation as the. 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 Coulter, John Merle, 1851-1928. New York, D. Appleton
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