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soil and the state of cultivation, thirty and thirty-five 

 tons being frequently harvested from an acre." 



GERMAN RED MANGEL-WURZEL. 

 Disette d'Allemagne. Vilmorin. 



Burr describes it as " an improved variety of the long 

 red mangel-wurzel, almost regularly cylindrical, and 

 terminating at the lower extremity in an obtuse cone. 

 It grows much out of ground ; the neck or crown is 

 comparatively small ; it is rarely forked or deformed 

 by small side roots, and is generally much neater and 

 more regular than the long red. Size very large ; 

 well-developed specimens measuring from eighteen to 

 twenty inches in length, and seven or eight inches in 

 diameter. Flesh white, with red zones or rings. 

 Leaves erect, green ; the stems and nerves washed or 

 stained with rose-red. 



" For agricultural purposes this variety is superior 

 to the long red, as it is larger, more productive, and 

 more easily harvested." 



LONG WHITE GREEN-TOP MANGEL-WURZEL. 



Green-top White Sugar. Long White Mangel-wurzel. Disette 

 blanche k collet vert. Vilmorin. 



"An improved variety of the white sugar beet. 

 Root produced much above ground) and of very large 

 size ; if well grown, measuring nearly six inches in 

 diameter, and eighteen inches in depth the diameter 

 often retained for nearly two thirds the length. Skin 

 green, where exposed to light and air ; below ground, 

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