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WELL~ESTABLISHED, WELL-LOCATED DEPENDABLE, HARDY QUAIL REFUGE. 
PLANTINGS AFFORD "SURE FIRE" PPOLLFIC, PROTECTIVE 
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BICOLOR LESPEDEZA | % MAR q 
Its Value, Planting and Cultivation 
BICOLOR LESPEDEZA is an excellent focd--producing plant for Quail introduced 
from Japan as an ornamental shrub. The bicolor shrub is a woody perennial. _ 
legume growing to a height of 5 to 10 fect, During the summer it produces a — 
profusion of lavender flowers, to which bees are very attentive, 
BICOLOR was grown in this country for a good many years for ornamental pur- 
poses. Experimental work by the U. S. Soil Conservation Service, Alabama 
Polytechnic Institute Experiment Station, and several State Game Departments, 
proved it to be an excellent wildlife plant, Bicolcr produces a heavy crop 
of hard seed that remain on the plant for considereble time, The seed shatter 
slowly and, due to their hardness, remain sound for several months,— thus 
creating a souree of food for winter and early spring months, 
Quail seem to prefer it to most other foods, and where it is grown Quail are 
usually found feeding in or near it during the fail and winter as it provides 
ample feed and cover for them. It blooms from mid- to late summer. It may 
shed blooms during a drought and bloom again after the first shower, 
BICOLOR is adaptable to most soil types that have fair to good drainage. Its 
tolerance to shade makes it successful in woodlands and field border plantings, 
Early Strain "100" is best adapted in the higher elevations of the North 
Carolina and Tennessee mountains and generally northwards from the latitude 
of North Carolina in the United States, and the Later Strain "101" is best am 
dapted in the lower elevations of North Carolina, Tennessee, and generally 
throughout the other southern and southeastern states. In the semi~erid 
states, it is recommended that it be planted near natural drainage basins or 
along stream edges to insure good growth and heavy seed production. Froperly 
planted bicolor plants usually set and mature abuncant seed first season, but 
will grow larger crops thereafter with reasonable care, 
Pip son ie Gta eo Ret ONS 
1. Prepare food strips well before plenting---~they should be about 20 
feet wide and 400 feet long and, if area is sloping, they should be placed on 
contour. Clear all brush out of strip and, if possible, plow deep cnough to 
turn under all remaining vegetation. This will greatly facilitate cultivation 
during the following year, Immediately before planting apply 0-l2~i2 fortie 
lizer at the rate of 400-600 pounds per acre, and cut with disk harrow, 
2. Piants should be cared for IMMEDIATELY UPON ARRIVAL, The best method 
is to heel them in a moist, shady location. A trench should be dug or plowed 
deep enough to hold the entire root systom of the plants, Then the plants are 
placed in the trench, They shovld be covered with soil, leaving only the tops 
above the soil, If the soil is dry, the ced should be watered after hecling- 
in. A sandy, moist location is best and it must be well drained, Heeling the 
plants in groups of 1,000 is a great helo when iney are removed for planting, 
as about 1,000 plants aro necessary for cach plot, Each 20 acres provided with 
a bicolor plot can support one covey of Quail, 
