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in the spring of 1915, nearly all of our Grimm alfalfa 

 plants proved to be dead. I will say that I have, on 

 several occasions, purchased both plants and seeds 

 from Professor Hansen, of the South Dakota Experiment 

 Station. He has a number of varieties: Omsk, Obb, Gobi 

 Desert, Semipalatinsk, Cherno, etc., but for some reason, 

 none of them are as valuable as the pure falcata at 

 the Fairbanks Station. It was in full bloom the lat- 

 ter part of August, when I visited the station, but 

 it produced no seed. Some pods had formed but they 

 would have no chance of ripening. 



I have told you frequently in former letters, 

 that the Petrowski turnip, S. P. I. No. 22755, also 

 obtained from the Office of Seed and Plant Introduc- 

 tion, is the most valuable turnip introduced into 

 Alaska. Last year, we grew 240 pounds of seed of this 

 variety at the Fairbanks Station and this year, be- 

 tween 1200 and 1500 pounds of seed from selected 

 roots, and I learn that many small farmers in various 

 sections grow seed of this variety for their own use." 



