BURR CLOVER AND HAWKE’S BAY RYE-GRASS SEED.
Some concern has been expressed that with the present wide demand for Hawke’s Bay rye-grass there is danger of introducing burr clover (Medicago maculata) with the seed into clean districts, as this weed occurs extensively in Hawke’s Bay. Commenting on this matter, the Seed Analyst, Plant Research Station, states that owing to the fact that hooked pods harvested with rye-grass do not shed readily the chances of hulled seed occurring in machine-dressed lines of rye-grass are very small, while the pods are, of course, easily dressed out. The Seed-testing Station records show that over a period of two years only a small percentage of the samples from Hawke’s Bay have contained this impurity, and then only in very small quantity.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 43, Issue 5, 20 November 1931, Page 342
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127BURR CLOVER AND HAWKE’S BAY RYE-GRASS SEED. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 43, Issue 5, 20 November 1931, Page 342
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