8 SUGAR-BEET SEED 



While there are and always will be great differences in 

 expertness, there are no secrets in the breeding of 

 sugar-beet seed. The conditions which cause vari- 

 tions are known, as are also the meaning of the various 

 characteristics of the foliage and of the beet itself. 

 A proper appreciation of the importance of these con- 

 ditions and characteristics, coupled with methodical, 

 careful attention, will bring results which will differ 

 only because of the degree of expertness of those en- 

 gaged in the work, and a knowledge of essential facts 

 which only can be ascertained after years of systematic 

 work. 



SUPER-ELITE, ELITE, AND COMMERCIAL SUGAR- 

 BEET SEED 



Sugar-beet seed is divided into three classes : super- 

 elite, elite, and commercial. Both the elite and super- 

 elite seed are the seed obtained from laboratory mother 

 beets which have successfully passed every physical 

 and chemical examination to which they have been 

 subjected. The seed from those mothers which were 

 truest to type and yielded the highest results in their 

 various examinations is kept separate from all other 

 seed and is used for breeding purposes. This is known 

 as " super-elite " seed and is never sold. It is priceless. 



