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Old Kent Red is a local variant of Red Lammas, current remaining germplasm from a Dutch genebank accession slightly shorter and generally smaller than remaining other Red Lammas germplasm.
Reference #1
Catalogus plantarum circa Cantabrigiam nascentium by John Ray, 1660 LINKReference #2
The agriculturists manual, forming a report of Lawsons agricultural museum in Edinburgh by Peter Lawson, 1836 LINK"Red Kent Wheat
Spike resembling that of the last but its grains are much larger of a more uniform and darker colour and also more transparent hard and flinty.
Specimens in grain by Messrs Jacob Wrench and Sons seedsmen London weight 65 lb being considered a very superior sample"
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