124 



No. 



53 

 5t 

 55 

 56 

 57 

 58 

 59 

 60 

 61 

 62 

 63 

 64 

 65 

 66 

 67 

 68 

 69 

 70 

 71 

 72 

 73 

 74 

 75 

 76- 

 77 

 78 

 79 

 80 



Name. 



Pearl of Savoj^ 



Emperor William 



Great Eastern 



Burpee's Early Crane. . 



English Kidney 



Kidnej' August 



Adirondack 



Chicago Market 



Vermont 



Eye Carpenter 



Rose's New Giant .... 

 New Badger StatL' . . . . 



Alpha 



Manhattan 



Frame Early 



Carter's Surprisi- 



Early Household 



Mammoth Prolific .... 

 Scotch Champion ... . 

 Carter's Cosino]X)litan . 

 Rennie's Stray Beauty . 

 Rennie's Dakota Red . . 

 First Crop Ash Leaf . . 

 King of the Eai-lies ... 



Conqueror 



Prime Minister 



Bliss' Ti-iumph 



Telephone 



Average 



Weight of 



Tuber. 



ozs. 



3i 

 6i 



6| 



2 



I 



a 



5i 



H 



91 



3 



04. 



2| 



2I 



2S 



•5i 



5i 

 3 



5 



Gi 



2k 



il 



SiJQcific 

 Gravity. 



1079 



1078 

 1078 

 1078 

 1078 

 1077 

 1077 

 1077 

 1076 

 1076 

 1075 

 1075 

 1075 

 1075 

 1074 

 1073 

 1072 

 1072 

 1070 

 1070 

 1069 

 ]069 

 1069 

 1069 

 1068 

 1067 

 1067 

 1059 



Percentage 



of 



Starch. 



15-24 

 15 12 

 15 12 

 15 12 

 15 12 

 1500 

 15 00 

 15 00 

 14-89 

 14-89 

 14-79 

 14-79 

 14-79 

 14-79 

 14-69 

 14 00 

 14-51 

 14-51 

 14 36 

 14-36 

 14-29 

 14-29 

 14-29 

 14-29 

 14 22 

 14 15 

 14-15 

 13-59 



PerCentaco 



of ' 

 Dry Matter. 



19-30 

 19-14 

 19 14 

 19 -U 

 19 14- 

 18-98 

 18-98 

 18-98 

 18-83 

 18-83 

 18-69 

 18-69 

 18-69 

 18-69 

 18 -.54 

 18-40 

 18-27 

 18-27 

 18 02 

 18-02- 

 17-80' 

 17-80 



17 

 17 

 17 



80 

 80 

 69 



17-58 

 17-58 

 46-87 



SUGAR BEETS. 



The results of the analyses of sugar beets examined in the Funn Laboratory 

 during the past year will be found in the subjoined table. The beets were growi> 

 from seed imported from Germany by Wilfred Skaife, Esq., President and Manager 

 of the -Berthier Beet sugar factory, .Montreal. The work of distributing the seed, 

 among the farmers of Ontario and of collecting and forwarding the roots fur aiuilysia 

 Avas undertaken by Mr. Robt. H. Lawder of Toronto. 



The chemical data include the percentage of sugar in the juice and the co- 

 efficient of purit}' — the latter representing the percentage of sugar in the total solids 

 of the juice. Besides these analytical results there will be found the average weight of 

 one root in lbs. and ozs., the nature of the soil in which the beets were grown, the 

 dates of sowing and pulling, and such general remarks as to the manuring, drainage 

 and method and thoroughness of culture as were thought justifiable from the infor- 

 mation aiforded by the growers. 



The last fourteen of the series are from beets grown on the Central Experimental 

 Farm, Ottawa ; the other localities — widely representative of different portions of 

 Ontario — are indicated in the column provided for that purpose. 



The method of analysis was the same as that adopted in 1889. viz., the deter- 

 mination of the specific gravity of the expressed, juice by the Westphal balance, 

 calculating therefrom the co-efficient of purity, and the estimation of the percentage 

 of sugar in the clarified juice by a Schmidt and Ilaensch polariscopo. 



