. The grasses of Tennessee; including cereals and forage plants. Grasses; Forage plants; Grain. 492 SORGHUM. The following article on Sorghum was, by accident, left out oj its proper place, which should have been under cereals. SORGHO SUCRE. CHINESE SUGAR CORN-(Sorghum nigrum.) Has an erect stem, six to twelve feet high, smooth; leaves linear, flexons, curving, bending at the ends. Flowers in a panicle at the top, turning as it ripens from a green to a purplish color. In 1854, some insignifi- cant packages of seeds were sent from the, then, patent office, bearing this inscrip- tion : "sug
. The grasses of Tennessee; including cereals and forage plants. Grasses; Forage plants; Grain. 492 SORGHUM. The following article on Sorghum was, by accident, left out oj its proper place, which should have been under cereals. SORGHO SUCRE. CHINESE SUGAR CORN-(Sorghum nigrum.) Has an erect stem, six to twelve feet high, smooth; leaves linear, flexons, curving, bending at the ends. Flowers in a panicle at the top, turning as it ripens from a green to a purplish color. In 1854, some insignifi- cant packages of seeds were sent from the, then, patent office, bearing this inscrip- tion : "sugar millet. (Sorgho Sucre.) (Good for fodder, green or dry, and for making ;) Who could have foreseen, from these few characters, that a plant was then being added to this country more important than any since the discovery of America and the discovery, to Europeans, of Indian corn? In the midst of the great success of the New World in agricultural products, the. 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 Killebrew, J. B. (Joseph Buckner), 1831-1906. Nashville, The American co.
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