96 ALASKYE CLOVER. 



T. W. Briggs, AVest Maceclon, in Country Gentle- 

 try Gentleman^ says of it :/rhe Alsyke is erect and 

 brandling like the red, throwing out its flower stalks 

 at every branch, and is in bloom early and late, the 

 lower heads being ripe while fresh blooms are open- 

 ing at the top, thus affording a longer season for the 

 accumulation of the sweetest of sweets ; the flower 

 partakes of the white and red, being a very delicate 

 pink or rose, and the root, in our loamy soils, pene- 

 trates to the depth of 18 or 20 inches, and is a tap 

 root, like that of the red clover — hence it may be in- 

 ferred it is equally as valuable for enriching the soiL 

 For hay, when grown with Timothy, it is much supe- 

 rior to the common red clover, as it is not as coarse^ 

 and is more prolific of flowers and seeds. 3 to 4 lbs. 

 of seed is sufficient to seed an acre, with the usual 

 quantity of Timothy, if properly distributedy^ 



The Southern Planter says : In early spring sow^ed 

 1 lb on a quarter acre ; it germinated well, and, like 

 red clover, only made a good stand ; but in the fol- 

 lowing spring it came up w^ell, and on the 16th June 

 stood from 20 to 30 inches high, and was covered 

 with blossoms and bees. The bloom is like that of 

 the white clover, folding back in such a way as to 

 enable the bees to get into every p^rt of it, wiiile on 

 the red clover, coming up on the same patch, you 

 seldom or ever see one. 



E.T. Bryan, Calhoun county, Mich., says of Alsyke 

 Clover : I have tried Msyke by the side of red clover, 

 four successive years— ^seed sown* at the same time 

 and in the same field — and find that cattle, horses, 

 horses, and sheep will not graze on the red clover, so 

 long as they can get a good bite on the Alsyke. My 

 experience is, there is no other clover equal to it for 



