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Semipalatinsk Alfalfa is a yellow flowered alfalfa entry presented as a hardy northern forage plant, not a fruit cultivar. The catalog places it in the Semipalatinsk region of Siberia, in dry steppe country with about eight inches of annual rainfall. It treats the plant as part of N. E. Hansen's wider work with cold region plant material for prairie use [S1].
The source describes it as a vigorous form of Medicago falcata. It is said to be well suited to transplanting into cultivated rows and to have roots strong enough that it "does its own subsoiling on hardpan" [S1]. The same entry calls it the strongest growing Medicago falcata variety listed there and notes its yellow flowers [S1].
No edible fruit qualities are described. The source presents its value as agronomic: vigor, adaptation to hard ground, and possible use in dry prairie conditions [S1]. The catalog also recommends a seed selection method. To improve seed habit, plants should be left uncut, and seed should be saved from plants that hold their seed the longest [S1].
Hardiness is not given as a zone rating. The strongest evidence is geographic and ecological. The plant is presented as coming from the dry steppes of Semipalatinsk, Siberia. It also appears in a 1921 northern hardy catalog tied to Hansen's Siberian introductions and South Dakota prairie horticulture [S1].
The entry cites earlier descriptions in bulletins 141 and 167, but those bulletins are not included here. Parentage, release date, breeder details, and later breeding use are not given in the available source [S1].
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This summary currently draws chiefly from Northern novelties for 1921 : some new fruits, ornamentals, etc..
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| 104 | Northern novelties for 1921 : some new fruits, ornamentals, etc. | unknown | 8 | 0 | 0 | p6 | To improve the seeding habit, let the plants stand uncut and select seed from plants that hold their seed the longest.; Its seeding habit is related to its native country with only about eight inches total annual rainfal |
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| 104 | p6 | recommendation_context | To improve the seeding habit, let the plants stand uncut and select seed from plants that hold their seed the longest. | Semipalatinsk Alfalfa | page_block:0.90 |
| 104 | p6 | entry_hardiness_observation | Its seeding habit is related to its native country with only about eight inches total annual rainfall. | Semipalatinsk Alfalfa | page_block:0.90 |
| 104 | p6 | description_snippet | The strongest in growth of all the varieties of Medicago falcata. | Semipalatinsk Alfalfa | page_block:0.90 |
| 104 | p6 | description_snippet | Flowers yellow. | Semipalatinsk Alfalfa | page_block:0.90 |
| 104 | p6 | description_snippet | It does its own subsoiling on hardpan. | Semipalatinsk Alfalfa | page_block:0.90 |
| 104 | p6 | growth_habit | Avariety of great vigor and especially adapted to transplanting into cultivated rows. | Semipalatinsk Alfalfa | page_block:0.90 |
| 104 | p6 | entry_location | From the dry steppes of Semipalatinsk, Siberia. | Semipalatinsk Alfalfa | page_block:0.90 |
| 104 | p6 | source_reference_abbreviation | Described in bulletin 141 and 167. | Semipalatinsk Alfalfa | page_block:0.90 |
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| recommendation_context | To improve the seeding habit, let the plants stand uncut and select seed from plants that hold their seed the longest. | 0.94 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | Its seeding habit is related to its native country with only about eight inches total annual rainfall. | 0.79 |
| description_snippet | The strongest in growth of all the varieties of Medicago falcata. | 0.92 |
| description_snippet | Flowers yellow. | 0.97 |
| description_snippet | It does its own subsoiling on hardpan. | 0.90 |
| growth_habit | A variety of great vigor and especially adapted to transplanting into cultivated rows. | 0.95 |
| entry_location | From the dry steppes of Semipalatinsk, Siberia. | 0.97 |
| source_reference_abbreviation | Described in bulletin 141 and 167. | 0.96 |
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