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white. Flesh white. Leaves green, rather large, and 

 not so numerous as those of the white sugar. 



" Very productive, and superior to the long red for 

 agricultural purposes ; the quality being equally good, 

 and the yield much greater." {Burr.} 



Vilmorin describes it as follows : " It is one of the 

 best for sugar manufacturers. It has a smooth skin, 

 grows beneath the surface, is rather large, and keeps 

 well. Production, sixteen to twenty tons to an acre. 

 It has been neglected lately in France, because there 

 are so many kinds resembling it, which grow out of 

 the soil, and are less profitable to sugar manufacturers. 

 It is, nevertheless, superior to the collet rose." 



LONG WHITE RED-TOP MANGEL-WURZEL. 



Disette blanche k collet rose. Vilmorin. 



Vilmorin describes this beet as follows : " The bet- 

 terave blanche a collet rose was formerly more ex- 

 tensively cultivated than at present, farmers having 

 substituted for it the c collet vert ; ' but the appearance 

 of so many degenerate kinds of the latter has lately 

 induced many farmers to resume the cultivation of the 

 former. Its root is well shaped, smooth, long, and 

 grows but little above the soil. Its flesh is white, 

 zoned with red. It contained in 1860 about seven per 

 cent, of sugar. In spite of this low percentage its 

 cultivation in the north of France is increasing. By 

 improved culture it produces larger quantities of sugar, 

 approaching in richness to the standard of the c collet 

 vert ; ' it keeps well, and its color enables manufac- 

 turers and cultivators to recognize it readily." 



