Article Nº 3674 Cultivated variety Vol. III · p. 661
Trigo Alexandre
A turgid wheat variety with a compact, near-square white ear and long awns; the entry also describes trigo branco n.º 1, also called trigo ganil.
Ear square or nearly so in section, white, compact, with long awns that are more or less dark in the lower middle part. Trigo branco no. 1: ear white or with black spots, nearly square in section or somewhat flattened in profile, with a brittle rachis; awns white or black, rarely absent. It is also called trigo ganil.