“MUMMY” WHEAT
CROWS AFTER 5000 YEARS
LONDON August 18
Wheat that differs from any other in the world, each head having small branches numbering up to nine springing from it, has been raised from ears found in a tomb unearthed during excavations at Mohenjodaro, India, The remains of Indian culture akin to the Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilisations 4000 to 3000 B.C. have been discovered there. » It is estimated that this “mummy wheat was buried 5000 years ago. The Indian Agricultural Research Institute states that the yield is unusually prolific and the food value satisfactory.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 August 1933, Page 7
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94“MUMMY” WHEAT Hokitika Guardian, 22 August 1933, Page 7
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