GRAINS / WHEAT
A flat 2-row seed head. Kernels are in a hull. A very small wheat kernel. Tall, slender, upright, not prone to lodging, flat 2-row heads with long awns streaked with black. Spring planted. Distance from head to first node is 28", making this supple stem a possible candidate for straw weaving. This wheat is 10,000 years old, from the stone age. First domesticated wheat. Husks are said to have anti-cancer compounds, Einkorn is the most primitive wheat on earth. Einkorn most likely originated from the fertile areas of the Tigris-Euphrates regions. Einkorn was found in a frozen man they call Otzi, the iceman's stomach. Otzi had been frozen in a glacier in the Italian Alps when two hikes stumbled upon his frozen body.
$3
Listed In: 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025