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title: "3.1.2\tNaming of varieties"
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Hemp varieties usually have a name and a number. The number indicates whether a newer variety exists of a previously bred variety. Compared to another fibre crop such as flax, hemp has a smaller number of varieties. This is a result of the constant search for better and more widely applicable varieties, and hemp is still a relatively new crop.