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Red and Yellow Globe. — There are two round 

 types of mangels, each possessing very similar qualities • 

 indeed, the distinction is mainly in color, and, hence.^ 

 simply a matter of fancy in the cultivator. For facility 

 of harvesting the crop the globe form has an advantage 

 over the long, as is evident at sight ; and a further, and, 

 possibly, more important advantage, is the smaller waste 

 in fibrous neck, and there is less liability to suffer, in 

 extreme drouth, an important consideration, in our cli- 

 mate. Seventy tons to the acre is not uncommon in 

 England. 



Yellow Oval, or Intermediate. — This variety, 

 having much to commend it, commands a large share of 

 favor. It is a productive variety, raised with great suc- 

 cess on any good soil. 



Golden Tankard. — A heavy producer. The rich- 

 est colored and smoothest skinned of the family of man- 

 gels, and the most nutritious in its albuminous com- 

 pounds, proving forty per cent, higher than the long 

 red mangel. The roots of this variety are perfect pic- 

 tures. It is distinct in every particular, even to the 

 color of the leaves, the ribs and leaf stems being quite 

 golden. 



CULTIVATIOls". 



The soil selected should be a light loam, free from 

 hard clay, and if of a slightly calcareous nature, so 

 much the better ; plow deeply, when the apple is in 

 blossom, as a guide to the season ; later the crop may be 

 overtaken by drouth. Harrow thoroughly, furrow out 

 to a depth of eight inches with a double mold board 

 plow, if such can be had, or, if not, with an ordinary 

 plow, casting the earth both ways. Apply in the furrow 

 a liberal dressing of well-rotted stable manure, or about 

 twenty dollars' worth per acre of commercial fertilizer, 

 the component parts of which should be soluble phos- 



