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compactness, and present an orange tinge due to the par- 

 tially exserted orange colored seeds. It matures in about 

 the same length of time as Sumac sorghum. Orange sor- 

 ghum is an excellent va- 

 riety for sirup production, 

 and being rather leafy, is 

 also a good variety for 

 forage. 



472. Amber sorghum is 

 probably the most largely 

 grown variety of sweet 

 sorghum in the United 

 States. It is very early, 

 maturing usually in less 

 than 100 days, and for this 

 reason - has practically 

 crowded all other varieties 

 out of the section north 

 of Kansas and the Ohio 

 River, which comprises 

 the northern limit of the 

 sorghmn-belt. It is very 

 popular in Kansas, Okla- 

 homa and Texas as a 

 forage crop. Amber sor- 

 ghum is not a tall growing 

 variety, usually ranging in 

 height from 5 to 7 feet. The seed-head is usually rather 

 loose and black in color. A selection known as Red 

 Amber differs from the parent form only in having red 

 seed-heads. 



473. Gooseneck ^sorghum is often erroneously called 

 "Texas Seeded Ribbon Cane." The use of the name 



Fig. 65. — A head of Orange 

 sorghum. 



