The Bulletin 



Sheep Sorrel. 



Rumex acetosella L. 



Known also as Field 

 Sorrel, Red Sorrel, Sour 

 Grass. A plant of the 

 Buckwheat family, peren- 

 nial, spreading by woody 

 rootstocks. Leaves one to 

 four inches long, arrow- 

 shaped, smooth, rather 

 fleshy. Flowers greenish, 

 in erect panicled racemes, 

 male and female flowers 

 borne on separate plants. 

 Wliole plant sour to the 

 taste. Seeds triangular, 

 reddish, shining; about 

 i/4o of an inch long. 

 Seeds a very common im- 

 purity in clover seed. 

 Found everywhere in the 

 State where the soil is de- 

 ficient in lime. May to 

 September. 



CONTROL 



Clean and frequent cul- 

 tivation of land planted 

 in hoed crops to prevent 

 the plants from making 

 seed is the most effective 

 means of controlling this 

 pest. The use of lime 

 will aid in its eradication, 

 but any soil condition 

 that will promote the 

 rapid growth of other 

 crops will, in a measure, 

 check the spread of sheep 

 sorrel. Only clean seeds 

 of grass and clover should 

 be sowed. Pasturing 

 with sheep will help to 

 keep it in check; also 

 plowing it under while 

 green and before the 

 blooming period. 



No. 3 Sheep Sokhei, on Rumex acetoskm.a I,. 



