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of 1916-17 , he read ;ah article" in a horticultural paper 
about Rismollan and-- its* 'phenomenal seed capacity. He 
became so much interested , that he decided to procure 
some seed for a trial pla&iting. This, however, was found 
to be easier said . than - done. In Sweden none was to be 
had, and the wide-awake Germans had taken the Rismollan 
in hand and would not spare any of the valuable "seed! 
Finally Mr .. Larsson ^succeeded lh obtaining a small 
amount of seed from the Botanical Garden in Copenhagen:. 
He planted half the seed in the open, April 15; but 
the soil had not -a sufficiently high temperature and 
the plants were small and weak. The second half was 
planted May 2 ,. when the soil was sufficiently warm; the 
seed sprouted well, arid the plants developed during 
the summer into real bushes, 2 m. (6 ft. 6 in . ) tall . 
•'For best results , the seed should be planted in 
hills; when the plants-are 10 cm. (4 in. ) in height they' 
should be thinned out and the strongest left in eacti hill. 
"The grain ripened In the middle of September' and 
yielded approximately 100,000 grains which must be 
considered an extraordinary result . The seeds are Very 
easily threshed, out; they fall from the seed : stalks" 
when rubbed between the hands. 
"An analysis made at the Central Institute of 
Stockholm is as follows: 
Water 11.56 f 
Raw protein 14.88 " 
Raw fat 5.."84 : ": 
Starch 52.67 
Other nitrogen-free extracts 8.90, 
Fiber . 2.86 
"Rismollan oomes from the plateaus of South Ameri- 
ca. Since olden times it has been cultivated in Chile 
and Peru, where it serves millions of people as food and 
has as great Importance and use as the potato. Like 
everything else pertaining to agriculture, this plant 
was the object of religious rites and was cultivated 
Ash 
64.43 " 
3.29 w 
100,00 *& 
Pure protein 
Amido bodies 
Soluble albumen 
- 12.63 % 
2.25 h 
10/06 f 
