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Washington's Crops

Washington was a pioneering farmer, experimenting with a variety of types of crops to his rotation.

Philadelphia Barley	Red Potatoes	Flax
Naked Barley	Rutabaga	India Hemp
White Corn	Swedish Turnips	Oronoco Tobacco
Indian Corn	English Turnips	Buckwheat
Rare Ripe Corn	Naper Turnips	Red Clover
Swamp Corn	Winter Turnips	Hop Clover
Millet	Summer Turnips	Yellow Clover
Broom Corn	Rhubarb	Sweet Clover
White Oats	Summer Squash	Sainfoin Clover
Common Oats	Watermelon	Sulla Clover
Poland Oats	Pumpkins	White Clover
English Oats	Homeny Beans	Common Hops
Rye	Bunch Homeny Bean	Orchard Grass
Cape of Good Hope	Berkshire Beans	Bird Grass
Wheat	Gloucester Beans	Guinea Grass
Russian Wheat	Lima Beans	New River Grass
Spelt	Windsor Beans	Timothy Grass
Common Wheat	Cabbage	Fescue
Black Wheat	American Cabbage	Burnet Grass
Red May Wheat	Kale	Rib Grass
Red Winter Wheat	Albany Peas	Borden Grass
Red Straw Wheat	Small Gray Peas	Lucerne
Lamas Wheat	Small Round Peas	Chicory
Yellow Bearded Wheat	Small White Peas	Botany Bay Grass
White Wheat	Red Peas	Ryegrass
Early White Wheat	Crowder Peas	Eastern Shore Bean Grass
Egyptian Wheat	Common Country Peas	Choricum Grass
Double Headed Wheat	Indian Peas	White Bent Grass
Mangel-Wurzel Beets	Cowpeas	Mountain Pea
Orange Carrots	Black-eyed Peas	Fenugreek
Red Horn Carrots	Everlasting Peas	Trefoil
Jerusalem Artichokes	Painted Lady Peas	Madder
Parsnips	Yateman Peas	Fancy Grass
White Potatoes	White Cotton	Wild Oats
Sweet Potatoes	Nankeen Cotton

Wheat

Wheat

Washington decided to shift production from tobacco to wheat in the 1760s.