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) 7 grams / 1/4 ounce of seed
b) 50 choice hand selected seeds
