Two Rowed

The barley chiefly cultivated in the United States is the two-rowed variety which is generally preferred from the fulness of its grain and its freedom from smut. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)

The ears are erect, about 2½ in. long, the grains thinner and longer than in the two-rowed race, and the awns stiff and firmly adhering to the flowering glume. ❋ Various (N/A)

This race was formerly used for malt and beer, but owing to its larger amount of gluten as compared with starch it is less adapted for brewing than the two-rowed sorts. ❋ Various (N/A)

Professor Heer these varieties are the common two-rowed (_H. distichum_), the large six-rowed (_H. hexastichum_, var. _densum_), and the small six-rowed (_H. hexastichum_, var. _sanctum_). ❋ Various (N/A)

But in the two-rowed species only the middle-most flower is normal and has an awn, the two remaining being sterile and more or less rudimentary and with only very short awns. ❋ Hugo De Vries (1891)

It has six rows in the ear, and will grow in much poorer ground and a much damper and rougher climate than the two-rowed variety. ❋ George Saintsbury (1889)

Yehuda Feliks, who says that shibolet shual is "two-rowed barley" ❋ Unknown (2010)

Most of the proofs are based on biological or historical evidence - but I did find one etymological aspect: while many claim that the name "shibolet shual" comes the spike, shibolet, of plant looking like the tail of a fox, shual, (and we find the phrase "foxtail" with a similar meaning in English), Feliks believes that the name comes from the fact that foxes like eating the softer two-rowed barley more than other grains, in the same way that invei shual ענבי ❋ Unknown (2010)