. The book of alfalfa; history, cultivation and merits. Its uses as a forage and fertilizer. Alfalfa. 38 THE BOOK OF ALFALFA and more than a third again as long as the largest trefoil seeds. The smallest seeds of Yellow trefoil are usually plumper and shorter than those of alfalfa ( ii inch wide by inch long, as compared with inch wide byo,o75i inch long in alfalfa) ; nevertheless, among both the small and the large seeds, so far as the criterion of size goes, individuals occur that equally well belong to either species, and the average differences in size are. Yellow Trefoil


. The book of alfalfa; history, cultivation and merits. Its uses as a forage and fertilizer. Alfalfa. 38 THE BOOK OF ALFALFA and more than a third again as long as the largest trefoil seeds. The smallest seeds of Yellow trefoil are usually plumper and shorter than those of alfalfa ( ii inch wide by inch long, as compared with inch wide byo,o75i inch long in alfalfa) ; nevertheless, among both the small and the large seeds, so far as the criterion of size goes, individuals occur that equally well belong to either species, and the average differences in size are. Yellow Trefoil: Black Medic: Hop Clover. {Medicago lupulind) not so great as the differences found on comparing the largest and the smallest seeds of the two species, the average for the trefoil being inch by ^^^^^ and for alfalfa inch by inch. So it will be seen at once that while trefoil seeds as a rule are smaller,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Coburn, F. D. (Foster Dwight), 1846-1924. New York, O. Judd company


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