. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 812. Sumac sorghum. Fig. 813. Gooseneck sorghum. 7. Sumac. (Fig. 812.) The Sumac is a stout, erect variety, 6-9 feet high, about one inch in diameter, with an average of 14-16 nodes, good foliage and short, very compact, cylindrical, red heads, 4-8 inches long. Glumes very short, black. Seeds deep red, obovate, smaller than in any other variety, but much exserted from the very short glumes. It is also one of the original Natal varie- ties, introduced under the native name, Koombana, but apparently not long grown under that name. It ma
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 812. Sumac sorghum. Fig. 813. Gooseneck sorghum. 7. Sumac. (Fig. 812.) The Sumac is a stout, erect variety, 6-9 feet high, about one inch in diameter, with an average of 14-16 nodes, good foliage and short, very compact, cylindrical, red heads, 4-8 inches long. Glumes very short, black. Seeds deep red, obovate, smaller than in any other variety, but much exserted from the very short glumes. It is also one of the original Natal varie- ties, introduced under the native name, Koombana, but apparently not long grown under that name. It matures at about the same time as Orange or slightly later, and is an especially valuable variety for for- age, silage and syrup. For forty years this has been the most popular variety in the South, espe- cially in the Piedmont districts. It is now largely grown in Texas and Oklahoma also. It has been variously known as Liberian and Red Liberian, Redtop African, Redtop and Sumac. It is the most uniform of our varieties, apparently not being crossed readily by pollen from other va- rieties. 8. Sapling. This is a tall and slender variety, 8-12 feet high, i to 1 inch in diameter, with 12- 15 nodes and slender, cylindrical panicles, 10-14 inches long, with long and mostly branches. Glumes narrow, elliptical, red to black, about three-fourths as long as the oval, red and well-exserted seeds. It matures in 110-125 or 130 days. Owing to its tall, slender habit of growth, and consequent tendency to lodge, it is, like Collier, not likely to prove a valuable variety. The origin and history are unknown, but it is probably one of the original Natal introductions. It was first grown at the sorghum-sugar experi- ment stations in Kansas many years ago, under the name of Red X or Red Cross, and is still grown at Fort Scott, and locally in Missouri and Texas. It has recently been found in the mountains of north- ern Georgia and in Texas (from North Carolina seed) under the name of Sapl
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