Caliente
1. Caliente is a 15-clone synthetic. Ten clones were selected from experimental strain AS-10, which was constituted from African, Indian and Iraqi plant selections; five clones were selected from the variety AS-13. Selected clones were evaluated in source nursery at Bakersfield, California, and screened for spotted alfalfa aphid resistance, downy mildew reaction, seed set, and general agronomic traits.
2. Sold in the southwestern United States for greenchop, hay, and de-hy operations. It has been tested in the Imperial, San Joaquin, Sacramento and coastal valleys of California.
3. Predominantly purple flower, fairly uniform and nondormant in winter in California. Upright growth habit, resistant to spotted alfalfa aphid and tolerant to downy mildew.
4. Seed production of Caliente will be on a four-generation basis: breeder, foundation, registered and certified. Stock seed (breeder, foundation and registered classes) will be produced in California. A reserve of breeder seed harvested in 1963 from the isolation of 12 propagules from each of the 15 clones is maintained by Farm Seed Research Corporation. Breeder seed will only be released to Ferry-Morse Seed Company for the production of foundation seed. Foundation seed will be used to produce registered or certified seed. Certified seed fields will be established only with foundation or registered seed.
5. 1970.