50 BULLETIN 1260, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Sumac sorgo is the leading variety of sweet sorghum throughout 
Oklahoma and Texas. It is too late for Kansas, requiring approxi- 
mately 124 days to mature at Chillicothe, Tex. Tests at all the 
Oklahoma and Texas field stations have uniformly placed Suma«: 
among the highest yielding sorghum varieties. Other good features 
of Sumac are its uniformity of growth and its leafiness, besides which 
it seldom fails to produce seed except in the Panhandle districts of 
the above-named States. 'Fig. 15.) 
Early Sumac (F. C. I. Xo. 02552) is an early strain of Sumac devel- 
oped at Hays, Kans. It ordinarily matures in 100 days and pro- 
duces good yields of forage and seed. Early Sumac is leafy and is 
a first-class forage variety except for a slight tendency to lodge. 
Fig. 14.— Leoti Red sorgo at Hays, Kans.. in 1922. Seeded May 20. Photographed August 31. 
Honey sorgo, also called "Japanese cane" and " Japanese seeded 
ribbon cane,' ; is perhaps of most importance as a sirup variety. It is 
leafy, very juicy, and sweet ; producing good, palatable forage and a 
better quality of sirup than Sumac under climatic conditions where 
it will mature. At many of the field stations in Oklahoma and 
Texas, Honey made larger yields of forage than Sumac, but it rarely 
matured seecL The average growing season for Honey was 137 days 
at Chillicothe, Tex. This variety is best adapted to eastern Texas. 
southeastern Oklahoma, and the States east ol this district, in which 
territory it is deserving of more extended use. If good, pure seed of 
Honey could be obtained regularly, a much larger acreage of it would 
be grown. 
White African sorgo is a variety but little known, yet possessing 
considerable promise. The stems are coarse and not so leafy as are 
those of Sumac, resembling the Orange more in this respect. White 
Afriran matures in 122 days at Chillicothe, Tex., and may prove 
