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varieties in 1901, thirty varieties in 1902, and thirty-two varieties in 

 1903 and again in 1904, as well as the average for the number of years 

 that each variety was grown. 



Varieties. 



1. Giant White Feeding 



2. Royal Giant 



3. New Danish Improved 



4. Red Top 



5. Giant Rose Feeding 



6. Red Skinned 



7. White French 



8. Green Top White 



9. White Silesian 



10. Lane's Improved 



11. Carter's Nursery .. , 



12. Queen of the Danes 



13. Jersey 



14. Champion , 



15. Klein wanzlebener -. 



16. Pitzscheke's Elite 



17. Imperial Grey Top 



18. French Yellow 



19. Improved Imperial 



20. Mangel Sugar Beet 



21. Vilmorin's French Sugar .. 



22. Ideal 



23. Tankard Cream 



24. Rennie's Giant Sugar 



25. Rubensamen (Rimpau) ... 



26. Kleinwanzlebener (Mette) 



27. Jaensch's Victrix 



28. Dieckman No. 3 



29. Dieckman No. 1 , 



30. Dieckman No, 2 



31. Hybrid Sugar Beet Mangel 



32. Imperial Giant Half Sugar 



Yield of roots per acre. 



1900. 

 Tons. 



14.05 

 14.95 

 19.10 

 24.25 

 14.50 

 21.55 

 17.35 

 18.35 

 21.45 

 20.45 

 13.35 

 11.65 

 13.76 

 19.25 

 14.38 

 14.85 

 11.85 

 13.15 

 14.00 



1901. 

 Tons. 



17.22 

 19.29 

 18.60 

 19.63 

 17.67 

 20.60 

 14.39 

 18.91 

 18.15 

 16.28 

 14.93 

 12.63 

 14.63 

 17.18 

 16.81 

 14.61 

 15.87 

 15.14 

 14.22 

 13.01 

 13.22 



1902. 

 Tons. 



25.38 



29.63 



27.88 



26.81 



25.38 



22.38 



29.06 



26.56 



25.94 



22.75 



29.38 



20.00 



20.69 



22.38 



23.06 



20.63 



21.81 



23.19 



21.32 



20.50 



19.44 



30.13 



28.56 



33.00 



21.06 



21.50 



21.44 



20.44 



19.63 



19.13 



1903. 

 Tons. 



31.53 



26.55 



27.44 



20.83 



31.11 



22.36 ■ 



26.08 



20.47 



21.23 



22'. 08 



27.02 



29.27 



23.06 



21.00 



20.97 



30.70 



22.39 



19.48 



19. 8S 



21.27 



21.45 



31.69 



28.75 



26.50 



19.67 



22.44 



21.23 



19.86 



19.33 



18. .52 



•25.23 



•25.02 



1904. 

 Tons. 



38 44 



33.14 



29.08 



30.38 



32.84 



28.39 



26.63 



25.73 



•22.28 



•24.30 



20.78 



25.91 



30.31 



20. •iS 



'24.89 



21.20 



19. .59 



19. '25 



16.66 



19.08 



16.38 



32.16 



34.31 



29.14 



21.02 



17.22 



17.83 



19.52 



19.94 



18.58 



24.22 



•2l!06 



Average 

 Tons. 



25.32 



24.71 



24.42 



24.38 



24.30 



23.08 



22.70 



22.00 



21.81 



21.17 



21.09 



21.09 



20.48 



20.02 



20.02 



18.40 



18. 30 



18. 04 



17.20 



18.47 



17.62 



31.32 



30.54 



29.55 



20.58 



20.39 



20.17 



19.94 



19.63 



18.74 



24.73 



23. 04 



In the average results for five years, the Giant White Feeding 

 variety now occupies the highest place in yield of sugar beets per acre. 

 The yield of this variety in 1904 was very large, being 38.4 tons per 

 acre. The Royal Giant variety, which stood third in average yield of 

 roots per acre in the average results for the last year, now occupies 

 second place. The Kleinwanzlebener variety, which is so extensively 

 used in the United States and Canada for sugar production, has given 

 an average of 20 tons per acre for five years. This is considerably 

 larger than is usually obtained in general practice, 15 tons being con- 

 sidered a satisfactory crop in general field cultivation. Among the 

 newer varieties, the Ideal stands very high, giving an average of 31.3 

 tons per acre for three years. This is a special variety which has been 

 bred up by Mr. A. Kirsche, of Germany, for stock feeding purposes. 

 Several of the varieties near the end of the list, which have been grown 

 for three years, were obtained from different sugar beet breeders in 

 Germany who have made a specialty of selecting beets for years in 

 order to obtain a high percentage of sugar. For the results of the 



