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August 18, 1842 in Virginia Free Press

Domestic News August 18, 1842

Virginia Free Press

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Mummy Wheat, Bath Gardens, Horticultural Society, Egyptian Wheat, Prolific Growth

Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia

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A specimen of Egyptian mummy wheat, sown in spring from seeds of a 1839-imported mummy, grows luxuriantly in Bath Royal United Horticultural and Botanical Society gardens, producing 15 ears from one grain with 7-inch ears.

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A remarkable fine specimen of the Egyptian or mummy Wheat is now growing in a most luxuriant state in the gardens of the Bath Royal United Horticultural and Botanical Society. It is of the awned kind, and fifteen ears have been produced from one grain. It was sowed in the spring of this year, and allowed to take its course. The grain itself, in appearance, is not unlike that grown in this country; but it appears far more prolific, as the ear, when full grown, measures seven inches in length, from which, before the plant comes to perfection, will doubtless be much larger than they are at present. The ear is very unlike the wheat now in cultivation in England. The seeds were produced from a mummy imported in 1839, and some grains are now deposited in the British Museum. The stocks of the plant are very strong, and the wheat promises to ripen well.—Bath Chronicle.

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Agriculture

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Mummy Wheat Bath Gardens Horticultural Society Egyptian Wheat Prolific Growth

Where did it happen?

Bath

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Bath

Event Date

Spring Of This Year

Event Details

A remarkable fine specimen of the Egyptian or mummy Wheat is now growing in a most luxuriant state in the gardens of the Bath Royal United Horticultural and Botanical Society. It is of the awned kind, and fifteen ears have been produced from one grain. It was sowed in the spring of this year, and allowed to take its course. The grain itself, in appearance, is not unlike that grown in this country; but it appears far more prolific, as the ear, when full grown, measures seven inches in length, from which, before the plant comes to perfection, will doubtless be much larger than they are at present. The ear is very unlike the wheat now in cultivation in England. The seeds were produced from a mummy imported in 1839, and some grains are now deposited in the British Museum. The stocks of the plant are very strong, and the wheat promises to ripen well.