Summary The results thus far obtained permit drawing the following conclusions. 1. The wheat varieties investigated contain peptides in their ungerminated kernels, the percentages of peptide nitrogen for Kanred, Fultz, Marquis, and Kubanka being, respectively, 26.86, 28.09, 32.20 and 37.76, on the basis of the water-soluble nitrogen, and 3.89, 4.67, 4.98 and 5.13, calculated to the total nitrogen.
