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Hordeum vulgare subsp. hexastichum
Also called Six Rowed Barley, Barley, Common Barley, Cereal Barley, Domestic Barley, Domesticated Barley, Four Rowed Barley
Bere is a six-rowed barley landrace grown as a cereal crop, mainly in Orkney, Shetland and Caithness in northern Scotland. It thrives on acidic soils and a short, cool growing season with long daylight hours.
Bere (Shaetlan pronunciation: [beər] BAIR) is a six-row barley cultivated mainly on 5–15 hectares of land in Orkney, Scotland. It is also grown in Shetland, Caithness and on a very small scale by a few crofters on some of the Western Isles, such as North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist, Islay and Barra. It is probably Britain's oldest cereal in continuous commercial cultivation.
Bere is a landrace adapted to growing on soils with a low pH (acidic) and to a short growing season with long hours of daylight, as found in the high latitudes of northern Scotland. It is sown in the spring and harvested in the summer. Because of its very rapid growth rate, it is sown late but is often the first crop to be harvested. It is known locally as the 90-day barley.
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