ROYAL QUALITY SEEDS BEST BY EVERY TEST 
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cial purposes. Is a pure line selection made 
at the University of Illinois from the AK 
variety. Description: Plants erect, stems me¬ 
dium, pods yellow, seeds yellow to amber yel¬ 
low, matures in about 105 days. 
MANCHU—Great all around main season 
sort. Grows 40 inches in height. Matures seed 
in about 105 days. Bean is yellow with dark 
scars. 
VIRGINIAS—Grows 50 inches high; of 
climbing habit in growth. Matures in 125 
days. Has brown seeds. A great hay sort. 
BLACK WILSON—Grows 3 to 4 feet high. 
Valuable for hay and a heavy seed producer. 
Seeds black. Makes hay in 90 days. Matures 
seed in 115 days. 
JET or SABLE—A small black-seeded sort, 
excellent for hay or silage. Grows 40 inches 
tall. Matures in 115 days. Heavy yielder. 
LAREDO—A splendid late maturing hay 
bean adapted for regions with a long growing 
season. Gives a heavy hay yield. Seeds are 
small and black. 
SORGHUMS 
Sorghums are grown for four purposes: 
Grain, forage, syrup and brooms. Cultivated 
more or less in most states of the Union, they 
also provide food as well as forage for the 
teeming millions of Asia, Africa and other 
countries. 
Climate and soil requirements of the sor¬ 
ghum are much the same as corn. The essen¬ 
tial difference lies in their special adaptability 
to sections having a warm summer climate. 
They are peculiarly drought resistant, remain¬ 
ing green with excessive heat and insufficient 
soil moisture. 
Should be sown after the soil is warm in 
the spring and may be planted any time in the 
summer, with sufficient moisture to mature 
before frost. Sown in rows to be cultivated, 
or broadcast or drilled thickly for hay in the 
usual seeding method. When planted in rows, 
10 pounds of seed per acre is the standard, or 
50 to 80 pounds, if broadcast. 
Yields of forage vary with maximum of 12 
to 20 tons green and 4 to 8 tons dry forage. 
SWEET SORGHUMS or 
CANE SEED 
The sorghums are recognized by reason of 
their sweet sap or juice from which syrup is 
sometimes made and which makes tasty, succu¬ 
lent forage for stock. 
EARLY AMBER 
Is earliest variety and succeeds from Minne¬ 
sota to Texas. Seeds are reddish yellow, near¬ 
ly enclosed by shiny black hulls. 
KANSAS ORANGE 
Usually matures two weeks later than Am¬ 
ber and a week earlier than Sumac. Has com¬ 
pact heads, 5 to 8 inches long. Seeds are red¬ 
dish yellow, becoming paler when ripe, with 
reddish to black hulls. 
RED ORANGE 
Introduced from Australia. Distinguished 
by its dark red hulls. Matures later than Am¬ 
ber, but more leafy and sweeter. 
SOURLESS ORANGE 
So called because of the idea that the juice 
in the stem does not ferment as quickly as 
other sorts. Hulls are pale brown, half enclos¬ 
ing the straw colored grains. 
SUMAC OR RED TOP 
Have erect dense heads 6 to 9 inches long. 
Seeds are small brownish red with dark red 
or black hulls. Greatly esteemed in the south¬ 
west for fodder purposes. 
JAPANESE HONEY 
Have tall, juicy, very sweet stems. Hulls 
reddish with dark red brown grains. Popular 
for both syrup and forage. Matures late. 
TEXAS-SEEDED RIBBON OR 
GOOSENECK 
Has dense heads 5 to 9 inches long, stem 
tall and stout, 12 to 14 inches high, hulls 
black, grains reddish yellow. 
ATLAS SORGO—Was selected from a field 
cross between Sourless Cane and Black Hulled 
Kaffir. Grows from 7 to 10 feet tall and re¬ 
quires about 125 days to mature. Has sturdy, 
leafy, juicy, sweet stalk. Heads are compact, 
somewhat cylindrical in shape and filled with 
white seed in shape and size similar to Kaffir. 
It combines the good points of both Kaffir 
and Cane with a superior yield of both For¬ 
age and Grain. Stockmen are loud in it? 
praise for ensilage purposes. 
NON-SWEET SORGHUMS 
KAFFIR CORN—Of the Kaffir varieties, 
Dwarf Blackhull is most desirable for both 
grain and forage. Heads are 10 to 14 inches 
long with white grain and black hulls. Stalks 
grow erect 6 to 10 feet high. On good land, 
Kaffir produces 30 to 50 bushels per acre. Re¬ 
quires 110 to 135 days to mature seed. 
HEGARI—Produces a juicy, sweet stalk; 
heads are cylindrical in shape from 7 to 8 
inches long and 3 inches in diameter. Seeds 
are white with reddish brown markings about 
the size of Kaffir. Should mature in 100 to 
110 days. 
RED KAFFIR — Has long slender heads 
with dark red grains. Is less desirable for 
general purposes. 
PINK KAFFIR—Recently introduced from 
South Africa, is intermediate between the 
White and Red varieties. 
FETERITA—Introduced from the Sudan; 
has become very popular in the Southwest. 
Matures about one week ahead of Milo. Has 
slender stems, 5 to 7 feet high, erect heads 
and bluish white grains with black hulls. 
YELLOW MILO MAIZE—It belongs to the 
DURRA group of Sorghum. Is characterized 
by compact, egg-shaped heads, which fre¬ 
quently grow turned down or Gooseneck. 
Ripened seed in 90 to 110 days. Grains are 
pale yellow, with dark colored hulls. A white 
seeded sort has also been developed. Several 
strains of Yellow Milo have been developed 
including the Standard Tall Milo, also the 
Dwarf, Double Dwarf, Sooner or Sixty Day, 
and Wheatland Milo. 
