54 ASSOCIATED SEEDS, INC. 
SWEET SORGHUMS (Sorgo) | 
FOR SYRUP 
Seed of the syrup sorghums is produced chiefly along the northern limits of the cotton belt, 
where the season is likely to be too short for good yields of syrup but is suitable for the pro- 
duction of seed crops. In growing sorghum for syrup, particular attention must be given to 
the selection and preparation of the soil, to treating the seed against smut, and to the culti- 
vation of the crop. Davartounitielenti 
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GOOSENE@K tart fea... 4's aera sent pees Feary So Veet Sed 130092 10:12 
One of the best syrup varieties, introduced from Natal, Africa, by 
Mr. Leonard Wray in 1857. Adapted on rich, fertile soils. Relatively 
free from lodging and resistant to leaf blight. Sometimes used for 
silage. Plants coarse and stout, stems very juicy and sweet; matures 
more uniformly than other varieties and yields a clear bright product. 
Seedheads large, with erect or slightly recurved stem; seedhulls black 
to brownish; seed brownish and of medium size. 
HONEY SORG @ pe tery pli ate get rit sue eee ar ph Og eee ie 1o5e eile 
The most popular of the syrup sorghums, probably also introduced 
by Mr. Wray. Yields a high grade syrup but in South Texas is grown 
mostly for its very heavy yield of highly palatable ensilage, greatly 
relished by livestock. Plants stout and very tall, therefore somewhat 
subject to lodging, quite free stooling; leafy, juicy and sweet. Seed- 
heads large, open and spreading; seed bright reddish-brown and 
shiny. Seed is sparsely produced and owing to the height of the 
stalks is difficult to handle. The continued popularity of Honey Sorgo 
shows, however, that its excellent qualities more than compensate 
for the slight extra cost necessarily involved in good seed of this 
desirable variety. 
SUGARMDRIRM OMe eat ener oe me te a ee 120. 8-10 
A true syrup sorghum often confused with other locally grown 
strains. Not extensively grown, but widely adapted. Quite popular on 
account of its earliness, leafiness, and usefulness for ensilage and 
hay. Plants stout to slender, very juicy and sweet. Seedheads rela- 
tively small and erect; seed branches somewhat stiff. Seedhulls red- 
dish, round, much exposed, resistant to shattering. Not so high yield- 
ing as the other varieties, but gives a well flavored product. 
FLAX 
Linum usitatissimum 
A very ancient fibre and oil crop in the old world but comparatively new in the Southwest, 
where it is grown for the seed, from which linseed oil is expressed, and the residue of meal. 
An annual, erect branching plant, best adapted to the cool moist periods of the fall and spring 
months, and following corn or other fibrous-rooted crops. Suited to loam soils which are well 
drained, fairly fertile, and well worked. The success of a flax crop depends very largely on the 
control of weeds which take moisture from the growing crop and interfere with harvesting. 
Flax seed is very sensitive to moisture conditions, therefore soil must be well worked to main- 
tain a uniform distribution of surface moisture for good stands. Only seed of high germina- 
tion and purity is deemed worthy of planting to compensate for the expense of land prepa- 
ration necessary to control weed growth and conserve moisture. 
B-5128 
A new variety selected at the North Dakota Experiment Station from a cross of Golden 
x Rio. Resembles the Rio parent in having tall stiff straw, brown seeds and blue flowers. 
Resistant to rust and wilt, and mid-season to late in maturity. 
