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also less sweet and juicy tlian the Orange, and, as it lodges badly 

 in storms, it is not so valuable a variety. The heads are fairly 

 compact, but often spreading at the tip. The glumes are pale 

 brown or straw color and very pointed, and they about half enclose 

 the straw-colored grains. 



There are several other varieties that are offered by the seeds- 

 men from time to time, but none are of much importance. Among 

 those that may be named are the Collier, McLean, Colman, Freed, 

 Sapling, Dwarf Ashburn, and Florida. The Collier is a very dis- 

 tinct variety with a head like a very small broom-corn panicle. 

 In stem, leaf, and season of maturity it resembles the Orange. 

 The McLean resembles Minnesota Amber, but is considerably later 

 in maturing. Colman is much like the Orange in both plant char- 

 acters and maturity. The Freed is a very early, dwarf, white- 

 seeded sorgo, resembling Dakota Amber in type of plant, but less 

 leafy. Sapling sorgo resembles the Planter in color of the head and 

 seed, but is otherwise more like Orange. 



KAFIR 



This group of sorghums is unfortunately referred to in many 

 cases as " kafir com." They are stout-stemmed, very leafy sorg- 

 hums, with stiffly erect, rather compact, cylindrical heads. (Fig. 

 648. ) The stems are medium juicy and slightly sweet ; the seeds 

 are small, round in outline, rather hard and flinty in texture, and 

 in most varieties comparatively free from tannin. This combina- 

 tion of characters makes kafir quite valuable for both forage and 

 grain. 



Blackhull 



This is by far the most valuable variety of kafir. It is distin- 

 guished .by its rather dwarf stem ; very broad, dark green leaves ; 

 and the black glumes or hulls on the seeds. The seeds are white 

 in color, marked with scattering red and black spots on the exposed 

 portion. Blackhull kafir matures in from 114 to 120 days. 



Red 



Next to Blackhull kafir this variety is perhaps the most popular. 

 The heads are longer and more slender than those of Blackhull 



