Bulletin 37 July, 1896 



NEW HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



CRIMSON CLOVER 



BY F. W.M. RANE 



This plant is by no means new, although it is little known 

 in New Hampshire. It has been tested by many persons on a 

 small scale with very variable results. The main difficulty 

 appears to be its inability to withstand our severe winters. 

 Perhaps two thirds of those who have tried it report a com- 

 plete or partial failure, while the remainder seem to be very 

 enthusiastic over their success. 



A strip sixteen rods long by one rod wide was sown on the 

 college farm last August together with some rye for protection. 

 It germinated nicely and before winter set in was 5^- inches 

 high. The winter was a comparatively open one ; other 

 clover and grass lands heaved and froze out badly. Regard- 

 less of these conditions about 22 per cent, of the plot came 

 through all right. We were unable to get a photograph of it 

 until it was just going out of bloom, as is shown in Fig. 1. 

 Where it did come through the winter, it looked well, stood 

 on an average 18^ inches in height, and made a fine crop. 



Crimson clover is also known as scarlet clover and Italian 

 or German clover. It is an annual, requiring seed for each 

 crop. The flower heads are bright crimson in color and 



