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June 11, 1857
The Highland Weekly News
Hillsborough, Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio
What is this article about?
An article discusses the obscure origins of cultivated wheat, not found in the wild, theorizing from the Edinburgh Review that it developed from wild grains, specifically a Mediterranean grass called egilops, potentially explaining if wheat turns into cheat.
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The Origin of Wheat.
The origin of the wheat which we now cultivate, is involved in considerable obscurity. Nowhere is it found to exist native. In a paper in the Edinburgh Review, the author of it takes the ground that all our common cereals have been developed, by cultivation, from grains having, in their natural state scarcely any resemblance to those now cultivated, and he asserts that the particular plant from which wheat has originated, is a grass growing wild on the shores of the Mediterranean, and known to botanists by the name of egilops. If this is true, it will afford some clue to solve the question, "does wheat ever become cheat?"
The origin of the wheat which we now cultivate, is involved in considerable obscurity. Nowhere is it found to exist native. In a paper in the Edinburgh Review, the author of it takes the ground that all our common cereals have been developed, by cultivation, from grains having, in their natural state scarcely any resemblance to those now cultivated, and he asserts that the particular plant from which wheat has originated, is a grass growing wild on the shores of the Mediterranean, and known to botanists by the name of egilops. If this is true, it will afford some clue to solve the question, "does wheat ever become cheat?"
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Nature
Exploration
What keywords are associated?
Wheat Origin
Egilops Grass
Cereals Cultivation
Mediterranean Shores
Botanical Theory
Where did it happen?
Shores Of The Mediterranean
Story Details
Location
Shores Of The Mediterranean
Story Details
Theory that cultivated wheat originated from wild egilops grass on Mediterranean shores, developed through cultivation from unlike grains, as per Edinburgh Review, to explain wheat becoming cheat.