. Field crop production; a text-book for elementary courses in schools and brief courses in colleges. Agriculture. THE VETCHES, SWEET CLOVERS, AND OTHERS 299 and not so abundantly supplied with leaves. White sweet clover is a biennial, the first year growing from 1 to 3 feet in height, the next year growing much larger and producing numerous white flowers in the form of racemes. The plants bloom all summer long during the second year of their growth and mature an abundance of seed, which. ^^S^^^^Ste?^ Fig. 109. — Sweet clover requires an abundance of lime in the soil. The plot at the left was
. Field crop production; a text-book for elementary courses in schools and brief courses in colleges. Agriculture. THE VETCHES, SWEET CLOVERS, AND OTHERS 299 and not so abundantly supplied with leaves. White sweet clover is a biennial, the first year growing from 1 to 3 feet in height, the next year growing much larger and producing numerous white flowers in the form of racemes. The plants bloom all summer long during the second year of their growth and mature an abundance of seed, which. ^^S^^^^Ste?^ Fig. 109. — Sweet clover requires an abundance of lime in the soil. The plot at the left was limed before seeding. Both plots were seeded at the same time. closely resembles that of alfalfa. The root system is similar in structure and extent to that of alfalfa. During the first year, the tap root is enlarged by the storing of reserve plant food for starting the second year's growth. Nodules are produced on the roots in abimdance by the same variety of bacteria that live on the roots of alfalfa. 301. Distribution and adaptation. — Sweet clover is now found in almost all parts of the civilized 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 Livingston, George. New York, The Macmillan company
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