
The popular broomcorn variety: Scarborough Dwarf No. 7 
BROOMCORN 
Sorghum vulgare var. technicum 
Broomcorn is a specialized sorghum, grown for the use of the brush, or straw in 
the seedheads. 
Said to have been introduced to America by Benjamin Franklin, who found 
some seeds in a brush imported from Europe. Our seed is produced by experi- 
enced growers in Illinois and Oklahoma where the climatic and soil conditions are 
favorable to the development of superior grades of seed free from smut, weather 
damage, and the possibility of cross pollination with other sorghums. 
Broomcorn is a hot weather plant, and the best brush is produced where the sum- 
mers are hot and on loam soils well supplied with moisture which warm quickly in 
the spring. The dwarf varieties are more extensively grown in the South and 
Southwest, where the brush is pulled and the green stalk growth is utilized as grazing. 
BLACK SPANISH DWARF 
An early-maturing, drought-resistant variety; about 10 days earlier than Scar- 
borough and very similar to it, but lower yielding. Adapted to irrigated soils 
of the Rio Grande Valley. 
EVERGREEN 
An old-established, tall variety; chiefly grown in the more humid sections. Pro- 
duces a fine green brush, free from coarse center stems and fairly uniform; 
matures later than Scarborough. 
SCARBOROUGH DWARF NO. 7 
Introduced about 30 years ago and named for its originator, a farmer in Texas 
county, Oklahoma; now the most extensively grown and most popular of all the 
broomcorn varieties. Plants 5-6 feet tall; maturing in 100-110 days; brush long, 
weakly attached; branches 15-24 inches long, erect and flexible; seed enclosed in 
reddish brown hulls. A variety with few seeds; easy to cure and thresh. Yields 
a class of brush much in demand for finishing the outside of brooms. 
