COMPARISON OF SORGHUMS FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. 107 



Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, were Chinese; Nos. 7 to 19, African; Nos. 

 29 and 30, Indian ; and the remainder from the United States. 



It will of course be understood that the above classification is only- 

 relative ; and upon other soils, and in different conditions than those 

 "which prevailed with the plat upon which the above varieties were 

 grown, these sorghums would pass from one to another of the classes. 



This classification, however, will show the relative tendency of these 

 varieties under conditions which were for each the same ; and for any' 

 soil or any climate the choice would be fully justified of only such 

 varieties as stood near the head in the above classification. Of course 

 the relative weight of crop of each variety, its time for maturing, and 

 its relative content of sugar, are also to be taken into consideration 

 in selecting the variety best adapted to any given locality. 



