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is from one tenth to one sixth of an inch in length. Canada 

 blue grass seed, which is often used as an adulterant, is 

 shorter, less pointed, and is generally cleaner in appearance. 

 The legal weight of a 

 bushel of Kentucky 

 blue grass seed is 14 

 pounds, but recleaned 

 seed will often weigh 

 25 pounds or more to 

 the bushel. The seed 

 ripens in June, hence 

 the name June grass. 

 381. Related Plants. 

 Other species of Poa 

 are of some import- 

 ance as pasture or 

 meadow grasses in 

 limited sections of the 

 country, particularl;\' 

 in New York and New 

 England. Canada 

 blue grass, Poa com- 

 pressa, is of some value 

 as a pasture grass in 

 some sections of east- 

 ern Canada, New 

 York, and New Eng- 

 land. It grows on 

 poorer, heavier claj^ 

 soils than Kentucky 



blue grass and largely takes the place of that grass in such 

 locations. Where Kentucky blue grass will thrive, it is to 

 be preferred to Canada blue grass, but in certain locations 

 the latter is superior. The seed is frequently used as an 

 adulterant of Kentucky blue grass. The main differences 



Figure 101. — A panicle of Kentucky blue grass. 



