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Fife wheat [< David Fife ?1804-1877, of Otonabee, U.C., who developed it] 
a variety of rust-resistant spring wheat.
See also: Red Fife (wheat)
- 1851 In another column will be found an article on the "Fife Wheat" which is held in such high estimation by the farmers of Newcastle and Colborne districts, and in fact by all who have tried it.
- 1881 Do all you can to get the farmers to grow Fife wheat, and pay the price for it when pure.
- 1958 From these grains Fife developed the variety known as Fife (later Red Fife), the first Canadian wheat to be resistant to rust.
- 1851 In another column will be found an article on the "Fife Wheat" which is held in such high estimation by the farmers of Newcastle and Colborne districts, and in fact by all who have tried it.