120 PRACTICAL NOTES ON GRASSES AND GRASS GROWING. 
examining the seed in the sample, although many experts 
pretend they are able to do so. Home-grown samples are 
much more to be depended on than those which come from 
abroad. 
Very good tares are yearly imported frem Hamburg, 
which are called ‘‘ Brunswick” tares; some of a more or less 
independable quality come from the Baltic ports, notably 
KO6nigsberg. Besides these we occasionally use ‘‘Scotch gore 
tares” and “ French runners.” 
The two latter we would not recommend to the buyer, but 
the former may be used as spring tares to his advantage; if 
these are used as winter tares, disappointment and bare land 
may be the result. 
Referring to home-grown tares, we prefer yearlings to new 
tares, if sown early. More so is this the case when the seed 
has wintered in the straw. The reason appears to us to be 
that when yearling tares come up they grow slower and mature 
their shoots as they put them out, thus they become better 
able to resist frost than the rapidly shot out and longer shoots 
of new tares. 
New tares are sown in October, when their chance of 
success is better, as so late in the season this rapid shooting 
is considerably modified. If cold and ungenial weather sets 
in, old tares are apt to develop their shoots, which either rot 
or do not germinate, and sometimes never appear above the 
surface of the ground; therefore, the sowing of yearling tares 
after the first week in October is courting disappointment. 
Winter tares are also sown in February and March, but 
after this month “ Brunswick” tares often come cheaper, and 
answer just as well as winter tares; but it would be a great 
chance whether a sowing of inferior tares, no matter how 
cheap, would produce a successful crop. 
It is a controversial point whether there is any differencé 
between spring tares and winter tares. We are inclined to 
