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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOETED. 
  

  

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  and 
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  Continued. 
  

  

  are 
  located 
  some 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  canes 
  it 
  will 
  require 
  long 
  pruning. 
  

   Usually 
  the 
  vines 
  are 
  pruned 
  to 
  several 
  long 
  canes, 
  with 
  occasional 
  spurs 
  to 
  

   enable 
  keeping 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  vine. 
  The 
  variety 
  is 
  only 
  partly 
  self-fertile 
  

   and 
  artificial 
  fertilization 
  is 
  therefore 
  necessary. 
  A 
  wild 
  staminate 
  Vinifera 
  

   known 
  as 
  Flor 
  has 
  been 
  largely 
  grown 
  with 
  it 
  to 
  supply 
  the 
  deficiency 
  of 
  pollen. 
  

   Another 
  table 
  variety 
  known 
  as 
  Castiza 
  having 
  red 
  grapes 
  is 
  also 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  

   pollenizer. 
  Bees 
  are 
  scarce 
  in 
  the 
  Almerian 
  parras 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  

   flowering 
  plants. 
  No 
  doubt 
  bees 
  would 
  greatly 
  assist 
  in 
  the 
  pollenization." 
  

   (Geo. 
  C. 
  Husmann.) 
  

  

  27364 
  to 
  27399. 
  

  

  From 
  Dickinson, 
  N. 
  Dak. 
  Grown 
  under 
  the 
  supervision 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  J. 
  Brand 
  

   in 
  collaboration 
  with 
  Prof. 
  L. 
  R. 
  Waldron 
  at 
  Dickinson 
  during 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  

   1909. 
  Seed 
  from 
  cuttings 
  and 
  seed 
  from 
  various 
  sources 
  grown 
  in 
  pots 
  in 
  the 
  

   Department 
  greenhouse 
  at 
  Washington 
  and 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  experimental 
  substation 
  

   at 
  Dickinson. 
  

   Seed 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  J. 
  Brand: 
  

  

  27364. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

   Seed 
  from 
  cuttings 
  of 
  a 
  woody, 
  semiupright 
  plant 
  with 
  dusky-purple 
  flowers 
  

  

  and 
  small, 
  obovate 
  leaves. 
  Dickinson 
  seed 
  produced 
  from 
  cuttings 
  of 
  a 
  plant 
  

   grown 
  at 
  Lanham, 
  Md., 
  from 
  seed 
  received 
  under 
  this 
  name 
  from 
  the 
  Botanical 
  

   Gardens, 
  Madrid, 
  Spain. 
  Two 
  plants 
  yielded 
  3 
  ounces 
  of 
  seed. 
  

  

  27365. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

   Dickinson 
  seed 
  from 
  cuttings 
  of 
  a 
  plant 
  grown 
  at 
  Lanham, 
  Md., 
  from 
  seed 
  

  

  secured 
  from 
  the 
  Botanical 
  Gardens, 
  Madrid, 
  Spain. 
  The 
  parent 
  plant 
  had 
  

   small, 
  loose 
  pods 
  coiled 
  from 
  one 
  to 
  two 
  turns, 
  few 
  flowers 
  in 
  the 
  head, 
  and 
  those 
  

   of 
  lavender 
  color. 
  Six 
  plants 
  yielded 
  4 
  ounces 
  of 
  seed. 
  

  

  27366. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  varia 
  (Mart.) 
  Urban. 
  Sand 
  lucern. 
  

   Grown 
  from 
  seed 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  coiled 
  pod 
  having 
  three 
  turns, 
  found 
  on 
  a 
  plant 
  

  

  of 
  No. 
  20571, 
  normally 
  bearing 
  sickle-shaped 
  pods 
  and 
  variegated 
  flowers. 
  Pro- 
  

   geny 
  from 
  seed 
  of 
  sickle-shaped 
  pods 
  of 
  this 
  same 
  plant 
  is 
  represented 
  by 
  No. 
  

   27370, 
  below. 
  Four 
  plants 
  yielded 
  3 
  ounces 
  of 
  seed. 
  

  

  27367. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

   Produced 
  at 
  Dickinson 
  from 
  seed 
  of 
  a 
  plant 
  grown 
  at 
  Lanham, 
  Md., 
  from 
  seed 
  

  

  secured 
  from 
  the 
  Botanical 
  Gardens 
  of 
  Madrid, 
  Spain. 
  Four 
  plants 
  yielded 
  

  

  7 
  ounces 
  of 
  seed. 
  

  

  27368 
  and 
  27369. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  27368. 
  Mielga. 
  Grown 
  from 
  a 
  plant 
  of 
  wild 
  alfalfa 
  secured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  

   Fraile, 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  near 
  Salamanca, 
  Spain. 
  This 
  

   plant 
  was 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  department 
  greenhouse 
  at 
  Washington 
  and 
  sent 
  

   by 
  mail 
  to 
  Dickinson. 
  One 
  plant 
  yielded 
  1 
  ounce 
  of 
  seed. 
  (The 
  name 
  

   "Mielga" 
  is 
  never 
  applied 
  to 
  cultivated 
  alfalfa). 
  

  

  27369. 
  Grown 
  at 
  Dickinson 
  from 
  cuttings 
  obtained 
  at 
  Lanham, 
  Md. 
  

   Original 
  seed 
  from 
  Botanical 
  Gardens, 
  Madrid, 
  Spain. 
  

  

  27370. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  varia 
  (Mart.) 
  Urban. 
  Sand 
  lucern. 
  

  

  Grown 
  from 
  seed 
  of 
  a 
  sickle-shaped 
  pod 
  taken 
  from 
  an 
  individual 
  plant 
  of 
  

   No. 
  20571, 
  which 
  came 
  from 
  Ultima, 
  Sweden. 
  The 
  mother 
  plant 
  normally 
  

   bore 
  sickle-shaped 
  pods. 
  The 
  progeny 
  of 
  a 
  coiled 
  pod 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  plant 
  is 
  listed 
  

   under 
  No. 
  27366. 
  The 
  mother 
  plant 
  had 
  variegated 
  flowers 
  showing 
  the 
  smoky 
  

   yellow-violet 
  combination 
  of 
  colors 
  typical 
  of 
  true 
  sand 
  lucern. 
  

  

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