The Wild Alfalfas and Clovers of Siberia (Paperback)

Excerpt from The Wild Alfalfas and Clovers of Siberia: With a Perspective View of the Alfalfas of the World

The writer had the honor to be appointed the first agricultural, explorer. Three years previously, in the Course of a four months' trip through eight countries of Europe, he had spent three weeks in European Russia studying the horticulture and agriculture of that empire. The trip served to direct his thoughts into unusual chan nels, especially in the line of breeding hardy fruits. This breeding work has occupied his attention ever since, and after raising seedlings by the hundreds of thousands-some remarkable hybrids have been originated.

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