86 SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



27362 and 27363 Continued. 



an' Located Borne distance from the base of the canes it will require long pruning. 

 I -ually the vinea are pruned to Beveral long canes, with occasional spurs to 

 enable keeping the shape of the vino. The variety is only partly self-fertile 

 and artificial fertilization is therefore necessary. A wild stamina!*' Vinifera 

 known as Flor has been largely grown with it to supply the deficiency of pollen. 

 Another table variety known as Castiza having red grapes is also used as a 

 pollenizer. Bees are scarce in the Almerian parras owing to the absence of 

 flowering plants. No doubt bees would greatly assist in the pollenization." 

 (Geo. t '. Husmann.) 



27364 to 27399. 



Prom Dickinson, X. Dak. Grown under the supervision of Mr. Charles J. Brand 

 in collaboration with Prof. L. R. Waldron at Dickinson during the season of 

 1909. Seed from cuttings and seed from various sources grown in pots in the 

 Department greenhouse at Washington and sent to the experimental substation 

 at Dickinson. 



Seed of the following; notes by Mr. Charles J. Brand: 



27364. Me dic ago sativa L. Alfalfa. 

 Seed from cuttings of a woody, semiupright plant with dusky-purple flowers 



and small, obovate leaves. Dickinson seed produced from cuttings of a plant 

 grown at Lanham, Md., from seed received under this name from the Botanical 

 Gardens, Madrid, Spain. Two plants yielded 3 ounces of seed. 



27365. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



Dickinson seed from cuttings of a plant grown at Lanham, Md., from seed 

 secured from the Botanical Gardens, Madrid, Spain. The parent plant had 

 small, loose pods coiled from one to two turns, few flowers in the head, and those 

 of lavender color. Six plants yielded 4 ounces of seed. 



27366. Medicago sativa varia (Mart.) Urban. Sand lucern. 



Grown from seed taken from a coiled pod having three turns, found on a plant 

 of Xo. 20571, normally bearing sickle-shaped pods and variegated flowers. Pro- 

 geny from seed of sickle-shaped pods of this same plant is represented by No. 

 27370, below. Four plants yielded 3 ounces of seed. 



27367. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



Produced at Dickinson from seed of a plant grown at Lanham, Md., from seed 

 secured from the Botanical Gardens of Madrid, Spain. Four plants yielded 

 7 ounces of seed. 



27368 and 27369. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



27368. Mielga. Grown from a plant of wild alfalfa secured by Mr. M. 

 Fraile, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, near Salamanca, Spain. This 

 plant was grown in the department greenhouse at Washington and sent 

 by mail to Dickinson. One plant yielded 1 ounce of seed. (The name 

 "Mielga" is never applied to cultivated alfalfa). 



27369. Grown at Dickinson from cutting3 obtained at Lanham, Md. 

 Original seed from Botanical Gardens, Madrid.. Spain. 



27370. Medicago sativa varia (Mart.) Urban. Sand lucern. 



Grown from seed of a sickle-shaped pod taken from an individual plant of 

 Xo. 20571, which came from Ultuna, Sweden. The mother plant normally 

 bore sickle-shaped pods. The progeny of a coiled pod of the same plant is listed 

 under No. 27366. The mother plant had variegated flowers showing the smoky 

 yellow r -violet combination of colors typical of true sand lucern. 



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