been injured by winterkilling. When variegated alfalfa yields more 

 than the common it is due mainly to its ability to withstand winter 

 injury. 



High Priced Seed 



The greatest drawbacks to the general growth of variegated al- 

 falfa are the high cost of the seed and the difficulty of getting the 

 genuine article. There is no way of distinguishing the seed of Grimm, 

 Baltic or Cossack from the common seed of the market. 



I am informed that so-called Grimm seed has been (1916) 

 retailed at twenty cents a pound. Is it the real Grimm? I 

 don't know. F rom correspondence with about thirty Western grow- 

 ers of strains cf variegated alfalfa seed their quotations will average 



Fig. 48. Grimm and Baltic First in Spring Growth. 



The dark plots (9) and (u) are the variegated varieties, Grimm and 

 Baltic two years old. They have not winterkilled and have made a growth 

 of five inches while the adjacent common strains (8), (10) and (12) of the 

 same age have hardly begun to grow. 



Photo taken April 1916. 



more than double this figure. It is hard for an honest seedsman to 

 compete with the fellow who will buy common seed and sell it as 

 variegated, or who will adulterate his variegated with cheaper seed. 



Genuine Seed 



Fortunately the growers of Grimm, Baltic and Cossack alfalfa 

 seed are organizing and offering the public certified seed in sealed 

 sacks. Success to them! Many of the adverse reports we hear 

 regarding Grimm alfalfa may be due to use of seed that was not 

 genuine. 



For seed production variegated strains are especially profitable. 

 They bring a handsome figure, and the demand will increase rapidly 

 as the price is reduced to a commercial basis. The farmers of the 

 humid states, where there has been trouble from winterkilling and 

 where alfajfa-seed growing is not a success, are willing to pay extra 



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