Alsike

Would you want the Alsike clover or sweet clover for an apple orchard?

Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 Various

The Clover which farmers usually sow is either the Red Clover or the White, or else another kind called Alsike.

Wildflowers of the Farm Arthur Owens Cooke

When you look at this Alsike or Alsatian Clover, you might think its mother was a red clover and its father a white one, for it is about half way between them in size, and its bloom is pink on the outside and white in the middle.

Woodland Tales Ernest Thompson Seton 1903

Alsike clover Hay and pasture Perennial Seeds itself for twenty years.

Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Frank Lincoln Stevens 1902

Alsike is more nearly perennial than the red which practically lasts only through its second season, when its seed crop has been made, and its function performed.

Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Alva Agee 1900

Alsike clover will grow on a soil too wet or containing too little lime for either of the former.

The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know Thomas Forsyth Hunt 1894

Alsike clover has much the same adaptation to soils as the medium and mammoth varieties, but will grow better than these on low-lying soils well stored with humus.

Clovers and How to Grow Them Thomas Shaw 1880

= -- Alsike clover is ready to harvest for hay when the plants are just beginning to pass beyond the meridian of full bloom.

Clovers and How to Grow Them Thomas Shaw 1880

Alsike clover has special adaptation for being sown along with timothy and red top on slough soils, and soils made up of rich deposit.

Clovers and How to Grow Them Thomas Shaw 1880

= -- Alsike clover has by some authorities been assigned to a high place as a pasture plant.

Clovers and How to Grow Them Thomas Shaw 1880