SUMMARY OF ALFALFA SOWING. 519 
In habit of growth and foliage some of the Sibe- 
rian varieties are inferior to the common alfalfa. In 
hardiness, habit of root growth and especially the 
way their crowns are formed they are vastly supe- 
rior in most instances to the common alfalfa. Now 
if it only can be demonstrated that the new, hardy 
alfalfas will take on the desirable characteristics of 
both the common and the original hardy varieties 
it will be a wonderful thing for not only the farmer 
who lives in regions where severe winters are the 
rule but also for his neighbor further south. Much 
earnest work is being done along this line at present, 
and a few years’ time will no doubt reveal much of 
interest and value in this highly important branch 
of agricultural plant breeding. 
The Grimm.—tThis alfalfa is named after Wende- 
lin Grimm, the man who introduced it from Ger- 
many in 1857 and began growing it on his farm in 
Carver Co., Minn. He called it ‘‘ewiger klee’’ or 
everlasting clover, and at first had a little difficulty 
in getting it established. Many of the plants died, 
due no doubt to the fact that Minnesota has more 
severe winters than the original home of the legume. 
Grimm persistently saved the seed, however, vear 
after year planting more alfalfa until it gradually 
became naturalized, by this time only the hardiest 
plants being left. For many years this variety was 
grown only in this one neighborhood until within 
the last 10 years, when it was taken up by seedsmen 
and its virtues extolled over the country, until now 
