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Grains & Cereals

Grains are members of the grass family that are generally grown for their seeds. Amaranth and quinoa can be found under “Other Seed Crops” as they are not grains, but are a seed crop. Following is a selection of varieties of grains and cereals Jim has collected over the course of many years. This collection started by accident, beginning with ones that were very decorative. Jim acquired different varieties from all over the place and before he knew it, he had discovered a little-known passion for the diversity in, and history attached to, all these different grains.
Wheat (Species) - Barrel — $4
A retired farmer from Humboldt gave Jim a sample that he called Barrel Wheat or Red Club Wheat. It has short plump beardless heads producing red kernels, a bit smaller...
Wheat (Species) - Big Club — $4
Big Club has eliptical heads, shorter and wider than Club Wheat. It was brought to California and Oregon from Chile after 1860. The seed is slightly darker and a bit l...
Wheat (Species) - Club — $4
Our Club Wheat has stiff, spreading beards almost as long as the heads even though most Club wheats are beardless. Plump blonde kernels. Club Wheat (Triticum compactum...
Wheat (Species) - Dwarf Indian — $4
Short and very upright. The heads are rather short and look like bottle cleaning brushes. The kernels are plump and almost round.Triticum sphaerococcum
Wheat (Species) - Ethiopian — $4
Ethiopian has long heads with long beards and deep brown medium sized seeds. Triticum aethiopicum
Wheat (Species) - Khorassan — $4
Khorassan is a tall wheat with broad gray-green leaves. The heads are longer and a bit looser than Polish Khorassan. Triticum turanicum
Wheat (Species) - Persian — $4
Perisan has very green plants with long heads and medium spreading beards, and somewhat smaller seeds. Triticum carthlicum
Wheat (Species) - Polish — $4
Thanks to some help in identifying our wheats, we now know that this is our only sample of Triticum polonicum, a sample we received from the gene bank. It has very lon...
Wheat (Species) - Polish Khorassan — $4
Polish Khorassan is what we have been growing as Polish wheat but have finally got it identified as a Triticum turanicum. The seeds are very similar to “Khorassan” but...
Wheat (Species) - Poulard — $4
Very similar to Rivet Wheat, an old wheat species with large blond grains that are used in the production of pasta. Poulard has plump blond heads with black beards, so...
Wheat (Species) - Rivet — $4
An old wheat species with large blond grains that are used in the production of pasta. Rivet has branched heads like Vavilov and is also bearded. Triticum turgidum
Wheat (Species) - T. Isphanicum — $4
Triticum Isphanicum is a species wheat that has grey-green plants with weak stems that lodge easily. The heads are slender with medium beards and the seeds are long an...

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Wheat (Species) - T. Jacubzineri — $4
Triticum Jacubzineri is a species wheat that has tall blue-grey plants that are a bit late maturing. The heads are large and slightly branched with medium beards. Trit...
Wheat (Species) - T. Militinae — $4
Triticum Militinae is a species wheat that has flat compact dark heads with lighter long beards. Seeds are longer, slimmer, and darker than modern bread wheat. Triticu...
Wheat (Species) - T. Ovatum — $4
Triticum Ovatum is a hulled wheat with long blonde slender heads and long blonde beards.  Triticum ovatum
Wheat (Species) - T. Petropavlovskyi — $4
Triticum Petropavlovskyi is a species wheat that has dark green plants with fairly short plump heads with long beards. Large blond seeds. Triticum petropavlovskyi
Wheat (Species) - T. Timopheevi — $4
An ancient grain cultivated in the Republic of Georgia. With its slender stems and flat heads, it looks like a larger, more robust Einkorn and is also difficult to thr...
Wheat (Species) - Vavilov — $4
Named after the great Russian plant scientist and collector. This old wheat has a very irregular seed head and is somewhat difficult to thresh. Triticum vavilovii
Wheat (Species) - Zhukovsky — $4
Another ancient cultivated grain from the Republic of Georgia. Heads somewhat longer than Timopheevi, about 5cm long, and bearded. Triticum zhukovskyi