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CONTROL SERIES No. 62 



root diseases in the field plantings. There is a possibility that it may be caused 

 by Cladosporium vignae, the cause of a leaf and pod spot of cowpea. 



Type and Variety Tests of Legumes 



Conducted in Conjunction with the Department of Agronomy, M. S. C. 



Plantings of red clovers, sweet clovers, and alfalfas were made July 2, 1930, in 

 rod row areas. Growth was good in all cases except two, where weak germination 

 was the main difficulty. Readings taken twice during the 1931 season showed 

 the following: 



ALFALFA 

 Number Name 



010 -GlO Grimm 



0129-G124 Grimm 



013I-G126 Grimm 



0140-G135 Common 



0143-G138 Grimm 



025 -G25 Grimm 



0280-G269 Northwestern 



0346-G328 Grimm 



060 -G59 Grimm 



0101-G99 

 on -GU 

 0113-GllO 

 0152-G147 

 0174-G168 

 026 -G26 

 0282-G271 

 0347-G329 

 053 -G52 

 063 -G62 

 07 -G7 

 082 -G80 



0118-G1I4 

 0154-G149 



Type Found 



Variegated (Grimm) 



Variegated 



Variegated 



Purple flowered (Common) 



Variegated 



Variegated 



Variegated 



Variegated 



Variegated 



RED CLOVER 



Medium Red 



Pan-American Red 



Matrix, Medium Red 



Red 



Matrix Red 



Medium Red 



Red 



Red 



Red 



Red 



Medium Red 



Red 



SWEET CLOVER 

 White Blossom 

 White Blossom 



Medium Red 

 Medium Red 

 Mammoth Red 

 Mammoth Red 

 Medium Red 

 Medium Red 

 Mammoth Red 

 Medium Red 

 Medium Red 

 Medium Red 

 Medium Red 

 Medium Red 



White Blossom. Biennial 

 White Blossom, Biennial 



Type and Variety Studies of Onions, 1931 

 Conducted in Conjunction with the Department of Vegetable Gardening, M. S. C. 



The field trials of onions included 40 different named sorts from 29 sources, 

 or 124 varieties and strains of varieties. The 1931 trials were conducted in a sim- 

 ilar manner to those of 1930 which were reported in Control Bulletin 56, December 

 1930. The results of the trials, because of their similarity to the results of 1930, 

 are not presented in detailed tabular form, but rather in a few brief summarized 

 statements. 



1. In general the lots were quite true in type and performance for the variety 

 designated by the seedsman on his package. 



2. The 1931 trials did not show as high a percentage of type mixtures as those 

 of 1930, especially in whites and reds mixed with the yellows. 



3. On a field performance basis, the yellow varieties of the Danvers and South- 

 port Yellow Globe types are better adapted for Connecticut Valley culture than 

 are the so-called mild varieties of the Spanish or Bermuda types. 



4. Varieties of the Spanish and Bermuda types can be successfully grown in 

 the Connecticut Valley. The onions, however, are not so mild as those grown in 

 regions having a longer, cooler growing period. In the Connecticut Valley they 

 can be grown for the local fall market, but they are not adapted for winter ship- 

 ping, nor do they keep well in storage. 



5. Much confusion exists in onion nomenclature because of the large number 

 of synonymbus sorts having distinct or different names. 



