_Wheatland, Va., November 2, 1843._
I have noticed your remarks in the October No. of your paper, on the
Mediterranean wheat. Your views coincided with mine when I first sowed
this variety of wheat; but I have sown it now for two seasons, and
the change has been so great in the color, as to convince me that by
cultivating it here, it will lose its dark color, and become as good
in that respect, and yield as much flour as any wheat we have. The two
seasons I have raised it, it has been the best wheat I had. I have
doubts whether it will tiller as much as some other varieties, and
therefore sow it much thicker.