312 BOTANY OF CROP PLANTS 



CHARD 



The edible "leaf beets" go under various names: Spinach 

 beet, sea-kale beet. Swiss chard, silver beet, chard, and 

 Bcla cvcla. The tlower> and fruit are like those of the 



Fk;. I J7. -Chard or IlmI larl (Beta vulj^ari.). 



common beet. Cultivation has changed its habit of growth, 

 however, such that leaves, instead of roots have become 

 developed. 



