Nonette de Lausanne

Full straw, big, high and strong, quite hard. Red spike, slightly hairy, square, barely taging towards the tip, with red beards, long and strong. Red or reddish yellow grain, large, a little short, very full. Lausanne nonette is very formerly grown in a good part of Central Europe: in Switzerland, charred wheat grains from lakehouses have been discovered, which seem to belong to this variety or at least to a poulard. Lausanne nonette is also grown in western Russia from where it is exported by the Baltic Sea under the name of Dantzick wheat. It is a remarkably hardy and productive variety, accommodating strong or humid lands and resistant to all weather conditions, so it is preferably grown in countries where cultivation is not very advanced, in cold lands and in mountain countries. It has, like all poulards, the advantage of resisting the pour in an almost absolute way. Towards maturity, the spike usually becomes pendant, the upper part of the straw bends to let it bend towards the earth, but the rest of the straw remains straight and firm. The grain of the Lausanne nonette is of poor quality, but this disadvantage is compensated by the abundance of yield. Sowing must be done in October or November; it is not a spring wheat.