Red Fife Wheat

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted June, 2009

Plaque Location

The County of Peterborough
The Township of Otonabee-South Monaghan
Outside the Lang Pioneer Museum, on Heritage Line (Road 34)
6 km south of Highway 7 east of Peterborough

Coordinates: N 44 16.442 W 78 10.196

Plaque Text

Red Fife Wheat, an early maturing, high quality variety, was discovered in 1842 by David Fife in an experimental plot on his farm here. For over 60 years it was "spring wheat" in Canada. It opened up the grain potential of the West, and is a parent of the famous Marquis Wheat.

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