Red Bobs Wheat
(Triticum aestivum); Heritage - Centennial; Hard Red Spring; a variety from The Kusa Seed Society Collection; Spring-planted; Minimum 50 seeds This hard spring red wheat is a historical variety from Canada. Red Bobs originated from a head found in a field of Bobs, a white wheat, in 1910, by Dr. Seager Wheeler, at Rosthern, Saskatchewan, Canada. It probably is the result of a natural field hybrid between Bobs and Marquis. Red Bobs was first distributed in 1918. I find this history so inspiring that a single chosen stem could lead to what the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1924 wrote of Red Bobs as “A first-class milling and bread-making wheat!” (USDA Bulletin 1183). Criteria Value distance between plants 10 inches distance between rows 9 inches final plant height 31 inches heads per plant 3 seeds per head 57 weight per 100 seeds 3.0 grams length of head 95 mm awned / awnless awnless hulled / hulless hulless Two packets options, minimum: a)