Excerpt from The Description of Wheat Varieties The terms tapering and sides parallel applied to the end of the leaf blade deal with the General shape of the distal one third of the upper leaf. The sheath is that portion of the leaf which clasps, the stem, and the color terms here used are self-explanatory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.