. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. SORGHUM SORGHUM 577 AA. Peduncle strongly declined or recurved (goosenecked), or sometimes erect; hence, panicle horizontal or pen- dent, or erect: Panicle black, ovate or tri- angular, awned; stems tall and stout, reddened below 9. Gooseneck Descriptions of varieties of sweet sorghum. 1. Amber. (Fig. 810.) This is the earliest vari- ety, maturing in about 90-100 days; stems slender, 5-7 feet tall, averaging 8-10 nodes, branching t freely late in Mb«- the s
. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. SORGHUM SORGHUM 577 AA. Peduncle strongly declined or recurved (goosenecked), or sometimes erect; hence, panicle horizontal or pen- dent, or erect: Panicle black, ovate or tri- angular, awned; stems tall and stout, reddened below 9. Gooseneck Descriptions of varieties of sweet sorghum. 1. Amber. (Fig. 810.) This is the earliest vari- ety, maturing in about 90-100 days; stems slender, 5-7 feet tall, averaging 8-10 nodes, branching t freely late in Mb«- the season; leaves rather slender. Pani- cles black, loose and very open, 8-12 inches long,ob- long or ovate- pyramidal in outline, fre- quently one- sided (secund) and triangular through the leaning of the stalks, the lowerbranches usually droop- ing. Typically awned, but awns decidu- ous at matur- ity, and some- times entirely Glumes broad, jet black, more or less silky-hairy, exceeding and enclosing the orange or reddish, oval seeds. Exceeding variable. Forms with contracted panicles are common, especially in the Plains region and the extreme North, where lack of moisture and short season prevent luxuriant growth. It is known commercially under many names, as Early Amber, Minnesota Amber, Im- proved Amber, Wisconsin Amber, Black Dwarf, and others. Is found in cultivation on every continent. Amber is very subject to blight and smut. Minnesota Amber was originated through selec- tion more than forty years ago by Mr. Seth H. Kenney, of Waterville, Minn. It is distinguished by more slender panicles with longer branches and larger spikelets, by glabrous and usually glaucous or bluish-white glumes which are less rigid in texture, and by absence of awns. Folgers Early was developed as a specially pro- ductive syrup strain, and when true to name is said to be somewhat later. 2. Bed Amber. This differs from Amber mainly in the red empty glumes, but is also 5-10 days later. It is now cult
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