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THE BOOK OF VEGETABLES 



there will be young Beets which, when cooked and 

 served with the greens, are delicious. 



Transplanting. Some growers transplant the thin- 

 nings, but generally it is not profitable. 



Fertilizer. For turnip Beets, well -rotted manure 

 can be worked into the ground. Commercial ferti- 

 lizers should be added, rich in potash (20 per cent) 

 and with 6.4 per cent nitrogen. Without manure, use 

 the formula nitrogen 5.8 per cent, phosphoric acid 4.2 

 per cent, potash 10 per cent. Nitrate of soda, 400 to 



Fig. 25. Beets, the long type. 



700 pounds per acre, in four applications one soon 

 after planting, and the others a week apart has given 

 good results, mainly in earliness. 



Storage. In pits, or in sand in the cellar. 



Beets under glass. Beets can be grown entirely 

 under glass, but it is seldom done. For an especially 



