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YELLOW CASTELNAUDARY. 



Burr describes it as follows : " Root produced within 

 the earth, broadest at the crown, where its diameter 

 is nearly three inches, and tapering gradually to a 

 point, the length being about eight inches. Skin 

 orange-yellow. Flesh clear yellow, with paler zones 

 or rings. Leaves spreading, those on the outside be 

 ing on stems about four inches in length ; the inner 

 ones are shorter, numerous, of a dark-green color, and 

 rather waved on the edges : the leaf-stems are green 

 rather than yellow. 



" An excellent table beet, being tender, yet firm, and 

 very sweet when boiled, although its color is not so 

 agreeable to the eye." 



Sarrazin describes it (betterave jaune) as " growing 

 entirety beneath the surface, and having the form of a 

 pear, not very heavy, but quite sugary, producing little 

 foliage, succeeding well in poor soils, and yielding well 

 where other kinds produce small crops. The stalks 

 of the leaves have the same yellow color as the root." 



YELLOW GLOBE MANGEL-WURZEL. 

 Betterave jaune globe. Vilmorin. 



" This is a globular-formed beet, measuring about ten 

 inches in diameter, and weighing ten or twelve pounds ; 

 about one half of the root growing above ground. 

 Skin yellow where it is covered by the soil, and yel 

 lowish-brown above the surface where exposed to light 

 and air. Flesh white, zoned or marked with yellow, 

 close-grained, and sugary. Leaves not large or nu- 



