PELLETT GARDEN 5 
ATLANTIC, IOWA 
Winter and Spring 1955 
PELLETT CLOVER 
(Trifolium ambiguum)—A NEW OUTLOOK 
Inoculant for Pellett Clover gives a New Out- 
look, 
This very unusual clover spreads rapidly from 
rhizomous roots and, unlike most clovers, increases 
from year to year. Reports have indicated a wide 
difference in behavior in different situations. It 
Flowers Nearly White but as Large as 
Red Clover Blossoms 
grows wonderfully on our grounds where rows 
planted 314 feet apart in April, using rootstocks, 
were growing together in places five months later 
and the clover completely filled the spaces between 
the rows by early the second season. The plant 
is winter hardy, potentially long lived and animals 
like it. It blooms in June and July and bees 
usually visit the flowers freely, This clover has 
the advantage of reproducing itself both by root 
stems and forming seed. It thickens up to 
develop an unusually heavy root system to be 
promising ‘fdr ‘use in soil erosion as well as forage. 
Only recently, U.S. D. A. scientists have intro- 
duced; bacterial inoculant strains reported to be 
effective in fixing nitrogen on this Trifolium 
ambigtirf Md his new development may greatly 
jotential future for this clover. 
(See Inside) 
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