DCHP-3

Fife wheat

[< David Fife ?1804-1877, of Otonabee, U.C., who developed it]
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

This entry may contain outdated or offensive information, terms, and examples.

a variety of rust-resistant spring wheat.

Quotations

1851
In another column will be found an article on the "Fife Wheat" which is held in such high estimation by the farmers of Newcastle and Colborne districts, and in fact by all who have tried it.
1881
Do all you can to get the farmers to grow Fife wheat, and pay the price for it when pure.
1958
From these grains Fife developed the variety known as Fife (later Red Fife), the first Canadian wheat to be resistant to rust.