654 FARM ' SEEDS ' : SPECIAL 



Ger^iination Capacity. — In the finest samples 95 to 9S per 

 cent, will germniate, but the average number of hard seeds is 

 somewhat higher than in tlie two previously mentioned clovers, 

 namely, about 13 per cent. 



Weight. — 1000 seeds should weigli the same as alsike, 

 namely, o'68 gram; the bushel-weight is 66 lbs. 



Yellow Suckling Clover {Tri/olium dubium Sibth.). 



Form and Size. — These seeds are smaller than white and 



alsike clover, and very different from them in shape. 



They are of an elongated oval form, and the radicle, so 



prominent in most of the clovers mentioned, is scarcely 



E.G. =05.- ^'isible (Fig. 205). 



Seed of Colour and Brightness. — The colour of some 



Suckiin.^ seeds is pale greenish yellow ; others yellowish olive and 



Clover, dark olive. They have a very bright shining surface. 



The few samples we have examined have always been very 

 impure, and germination capacity poor. 



Weight. — 1000 seeds weigh about o'4 gram. 



Kidney-Vetcli or Lady's-Fingers {Anthyllis Vulneraria L.). 



FoRii and Size. — These seeds are oval, resembling those of 

 crimson clover in form, but slightly narrower at the ends and not 

 so thick. In size they are a little larger than red clover, namely, 

 about 2 '5 mm. long, i'8 to 2 mm. broad, and fi mm. thick. 



Colour and Brightness. — The colour of one half of the 

 seed is green, the other being a light yellow or greenish white. 

 In old seed the green colour becomes greenish olive, while the 

 lighter }'ellow part changes to a reddish buff tint. Surface 

 smooth. 



The Purity is generally good, but we have often found 

 samples mixed with old red clover seed, and weeds associateil 

 with the latter. 



Germination Capacity should be about 97 per cent. 



Weight. — 1000 well matured seeds weigh about 3 grams. 

 The bushel-weight is 64 lbs. 



