﻿76 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  27201 
  to 
  27288— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  27201 
  to 
  27257— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  27255. 
  Argentine. 
  Grown 
  from 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  3507. 
  Source 
  of 
  parent 
  

   seed 
  Buenos 
  Aires, 
  Argentina 
  (imported 
  in 
  1899). 
  One 
  plant 
  yielded 
  

   10 
  grams 
  of 
  seed. 
  

  

  27256. 
  Utah, 
  irrigated. 
  Grown 
  from 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  22558. 
  Source 
  of 
  

   parent 
  seed, 
  Gunnison, 
  Utah 
  (crop 
  of 
  1907). 
  Eight 
  plants 
  yielded 
  

   three-fourths 
  pound 
  of 
  seed. 
  Average 
  per 
  plant 
  42 
  grams; 
  530 
  seeds 
  

   per 
  gram. 
  

  

  27257. 
  Argentine. 
  Grown 
  from 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  12549. 
  Source 
  of 
  parent 
  

   seed, 
  Buenos 
  Aires, 
  Argentina 
  (imported 
  in 
  1905). 
  One 
  plant 
  yielded 
  

   56 
  grams 
  of 
  seed; 
  567 
  seeds 
  per 
  gram. 
  

  

  "In 
  making 
  comparison 
  as 
  to 
  yield 
  of 
  seed 
  careful 
  notice 
  must 
  be 
  taken 
  of 
  

   the 
  number 
  of 
  plants 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  yield 
  was 
  obtained. 
  A 
  large 
  number 
  

   indicates 
  a 
  thicker 
  stand 
  in 
  the 
  rows, 
  hence 
  less 
  opportunity 
  for 
  full 
  develop- 
  

   ment. 
  Fair 
  comparisons 
  may 
  be 
  made 
  in 
  most 
  cases 
  between 
  strains 
  repre- 
  

   sented 
  by 
  approximately 
  the 
  same 
  number 
  of 
  plants." 
  

  

  27258 
  and 
  27259. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  27258. 
  Commercial 
  sand 
  lucern. 
  Grown 
  from 
  potted 
  plants 
  of 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  

   No. 
  25110, 
  which 
  were 
  started 
  in 
  the 
  greenhouse 
  at 
  Washington 
  and 
  sent 
  

   to 
  Dickinson, 
  N. 
  Dak. 
  Original 
  seed 
  received 
  from 
  Zurich, 
  Switzer- 
  

   land. 
  Fifty-five 
  plants 
  yielded 
  2| 
  pounds 
  of 
  seed, 
  an 
  average 
  yield 
  

   per 
  plant 
  of 
  20 
  grams. 
  

  

  Note. 
  — 
  This 
  number 
  and 
  Nos. 
  27261 
  and 
  27262 
  below 
  were 
  not 
  grown 
  

   from 
  seed 
  produced 
  at 
  Zurich, 
  but 
  from 
  samples 
  that 
  were 
  submitted 
  by 
  

   seedsmen 
  of 
  Darmstadt, 
  Germany, 
  to 
  the 
  seed-control 
  station 
  for 
  test. 
  

  

  27259. 
  Grown 
  from 
  P. 
  L. 
  H. 
  No. 
  3411, 
  which 
  is 
  inbred 
  Grimm 
  alfalfa 
  

   produced 
  in 
  1908 
  at 
  Dickinson, 
  N. 
  Dak., 
  by 
  a 
  selected 
  plant 
  from 
  the 
  

   same 
  parent 
  seed 
  as 
  P. 
  L. 
  H. 
  No. 
  3235 
  (see 
  No. 
  27201 
  above). 
  Present 
  

   sample 
  grown 
  in 
  1909. 
  Sixteen 
  plants 
  yielded 
  1 
  pound 
  of 
  seed, 
  an 
  

   average 
  yield 
  per 
  plant 
  of 
  29 
  grams. 
  Mr. 
  Waldron 
  reports 
  that 
  the 
  

   winter 
  of 
  1909-10 
  killed 
  a 
  much 
  larger 
  percentage 
  of 
  this 
  inbred 
  strain 
  

   than 
  the 
  open-pollinated 
  Grimm 
  included 
  in 
  various 
  experiments. 
  

   Whether 
  this 
  killing 
  was 
  due 
  to 
  deterioration 
  or 
  whether 
  the 
  selected 
  

   parent 
  happened 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  nonhardy 
  one 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  said, 
  but 
  it 
  suggests 
  

   an 
  interesting 
  experiment. 
  

  

  27260. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  varia 
  (Mart.) 
  Urb. 
  Sand 
  lucern. 
  

  

  Grown 
  from 
  P. 
  L. 
  H. 
  No. 
  3386, 
  which 
  is 
  true 
  sand 
  lucern 
  produced 
  by 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  

   No. 
  20571, 
  obtained 
  by 
  Prof. 
  N. 
  E. 
  Hansen 
  from 
  Ultima, 
  Sweden. 
  Forty- 
  

   nine 
  plants 
  yielded 
  2\ 
  pounds 
  of 
  seed, 
  an 
  average 
  per 
  plant 
  of 
  23 
  grams. 
  

  

  27261 
  to 
  27266. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  27261. 
  Commercial 
  sand 
  lucern. 
  Grown 
  at 
  Dickinson, 
  N. 
  Dak., 
  

   from 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  25111 
  (see 
  No. 
  27258 
  above). 
  Fifty-two 
  plants 
  

   yielded 
  If 
  pounds 
  of 
  seed, 
  an 
  average 
  per 
  plant 
  of 
  12 
  grams. 
  

  

  27262. 
  Commercial 
  sand 
  lucern. 
  Grown 
  at 
  Dickinson, 
  N. 
  Dak., 
  

   from 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  25112 
  (see 
  No. 
  27258). 
  Fifty-five 
  plants 
  yielded 
  

   2\ 
  pounds 
  of 
  seed, 
  an 
  average 
  per 
  plant 
  of 
  21 
  grams. 
  

  

  27263. 
  Seed 
  from 
  volunteer 
  plants 
  that 
  have 
  persisted 
  for 
  several 
  

   years 
  on 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  an 
  old 
  experimental 
  plat 
  that 
  was 
  possibly 
  Grimm. 
  

  

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