. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. FORAGE CROPS 147 IDAHO FIELD OR COFFEE PEA Seed of this plant was sent us oy the Barteldes Seed Com- pany. A plot 9x10 feet was sown in the spring of 1896, which produced plants 2 feet, 4 inches in height by September. The plant sent out a flower which developed into a pea-pod from ^ to I inch long, at the base of each leaf. As the pods of the older leaves formed, the plant continued growing and flowering, making fruit and flowers on the same plant. The plot weighed in the green state, 35 pounds, or at the rate of 8 tons, 940 pounds per acre. SACALINE
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. FORAGE CROPS 147 IDAHO FIELD OR COFFEE PEA Seed of this plant was sent us oy the Barteldes Seed Com- pany. A plot 9x10 feet was sown in the spring of 1896, which produced plants 2 feet, 4 inches in height by September. The plant sent out a flower which developed into a pea-pod from ^ to I inch long, at the base of each leaf. As the pods of the older leaves formed, the plant continued growing and flowering, making fruit and flowers on the same plant. The plot weighed in the green state, 35 pounds, or at the rate of 8 tons, 940 pounds per acre. SACALINE {Polygonum sachalinense) This plant has caused as much sensation as a new forage crop for the last few years as ' any of the so-called new introductions- It is not, however, as valuable as it was first claimed to be. We began testing it in the spring of 1896. The seed was first sown in trays in the greenhouse about the first of March and when the ground outside was in good condi- tion to receive them, the seedlings were transplanted into rows three feet 1 Fi apart and the. G. 12.—Sacaline. (First season's growth from trans planted seedling.) Height 2 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 New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station. [Hanover, N. H. ] : New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station
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