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Manitoba [< Manitoba, the province] 
n. See 1964 quote. Also No. 1 hard Manitoba wheat.
See also: No. 1 hard Manitoba (wheat)
- 1888 In the middle two men are absorbed by the duty of loading the No. 1 hard Manitoba wheat into waggons as fast as the bags are filled.
- 1945 "Mr. David Horn, the assistant, is really in charge," Cora explained to Aunt Alice that 1884 day. "The head, Mr. Clarke, has gone to England for the federal government. Six grades have been set up, the first one, like these grains, is called Manitoba No. 1 Hard,"--Manitoba No. 1 Hard still the hall mark of quality among wheats.
- 1946 The small quantities of western wheat exported before the end of the century had already made so good an impression on buyers in the Liverpool market that the term "Manitobas" had become well known.
- 1964 All the hard red spring wheats grown in any of the prairie provinces are called "Manitobas," but each variety within this class has a name of its own as well.
- 1888 In the middle two men are absorbed by the duty of loading the No. 1 hard Manitoba wheat into waggons as fast as the bags are filled.