64S FARM ' SEEDS : SPECIAL 



The PURITY AND GERMi:-."ATiox CAPACiTV are nearly ahvaj's 

 good, and should reach 90 to 95 per cent. 



Weight. — rcoo well-grown seeds weigh about 3'5 grams; 

 bushel-weight, 65 lbs. 



Red or Purple Clover i Trifolium pratense L.j. — Numbers 

 of varieties or sub-varieties of this plant exist. They differ 

 chiefly in their permanence, some being practically annual plants, 

 others lasting three or four years. In power of resisting frost, 

 dampness, and other adverse climatic conditions, varieties difler 

 considerably, and although, as pointed out elsewhere, the im- 

 portance of selecting those suited to the climate can scarcely be 

 over-estimated, it is impossible to distinguish them by their seeds. 



For the British Isles, seeds raised in this country are un- 

 doubtedly the best. Good samples, however, come from the 

 interior of (Germany, north of France, and New Zealand. Seeds 

 from the south of Europe and southern States of North America 

 are liable to produce tender plants, which are unable to survive 

 the winter. 



Canadian seed is sometimes hardy, but cannot always be 

 relied upon. 



Foreign seed is no doubt mixed with English, and the total 

 bulk sold as English. Unfortunately this kind of fraud and even 

 complete substitution of foreign samples for English cannot 

 ordinarily be detected by any examination of the 

 seed. Sometimes the presence of foreign weed 

 seeds is good evidence of the fraud. 



Form and Sizk. — The seeds of red clover are 

 oval, with a nose-like projection at one side, which 

 is caused by the radicle of the embryo within tlie 

 ^'°; '52— Seed seed. They are toierablv uniform in shape : the 



of Red Clover. ^ ' ' ' 



length varies from about 1-5 to 2-2 mm.; the width 

 across the tjroadest part is i to i'5 mm., and thickness about 

 I mm. 

 Colour and Brightne=.~. — In good samples the colour is 



