. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 564 SAINFOIN SAINFOIN SAINFOIN. Onobrychis sdtiva, Lam, 0. vicioefolia, Scop. Leguminosm. (, Esparsette, Saint- foin, Holy Clover.) Fig. 802. By C. V. Piper. Sainfoin is a long-lived and deep-rooted legumi- nous forage plant, comparable agriculturally with red clover and alfalfa. The stems are erect or nearly so, one and one-half to two and one-half feet high, and terminated by dense, erect racemes of rose-colored flowers. The leaves are mostly basal and are unequally pinnate, each composed of six to twelve pairs of leaflets with
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 564 SAINFOIN SAINFOIN SAINFOIN. Onobrychis sdtiva, Lam, 0. vicioefolia, Scop. Leguminosm. (, Esparsette, Saint- foin, Holy Clover.) Fig. 802. By C. V. Piper. Sainfoin is a long-lived and deep-rooted legumi- nous forage plant, comparable agriculturally with red clover and alfalfa. The stems are erect or nearly so, one and one-half to two and one-half feet high, and terminated by dense, erect racemes of rose-colored flowers. The leaves are mostly basal and are unequally pinnate, each composed of six to twelve pairs of leaflets with an odd terminal one. The plant is a native of south-central Asia, whence it was intro- duced into continental Europe about the fif- teenth century and into England in the seven- teenth century. In Ger- many, where it is com- monly called esparsette, it was an important for- age crop as early as 1716. By some writers it has been supposed that the plant called Onobrychis by Dioscorides and Pliny was identical with the modern sainfoin, but recent investigations have shown conclusively that it was a related species, Onobrychis Capui- galli, which is now grown but sparingly. Distribution. Sainfoin was introduced into the United States at least 150 years ago and has been tested in an way in most parts of the country. Thus far its cultivation is exceedingly limited. This is due to the fact that it can not com- pete with red clover or alfalfa in the sections of the country to which these crops are especially adapted. To a limited extent it is being grown on barren soils in limestone regions, and it is probable that it will become important in such regions when its value and cultural requirements have become generally known. It is possible that many of the unsatisfactory results have been due to lack of inoculation, though in some experiments nodules have appeared on the roots where the crop has never before been grown and without the seed hav- ing been inoculated. To a li
Size: 959px × 2608px
Photo credit: © Central Historic Books / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectagriculture, bookyear
