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Red Fife (wheat) Hist. 
the first variety of wheat to be produced in Canada, developed in the 1870's, near Peterborough, Ontario, by David Fife (?1804-1877).
See also: Fife wheat Red Fyfe (wheat) White Fyfe (wheat)
- 1883 Bestir yourselves, farmers, in this matter, try it and be convinced, and by all means give the "red fyfe" the preference.
- 1936 Dr. Charles E. Saunders, the Dominion cerealist, had been experimenting for several years, trying to produce a new wheat which would ripen earlier than Red Fife.
- 1965 [Caption] The year is 1905. . . . These casual labourers . . . are part of a vast army recruited back east to help harvest the early-maturing Red Fife wheat, which is changing the face of the prairies.
- 1883 Bestir yourselves, farmers, in this matter, try it and be convinced, and by all means give the "red fyfe" the preference.