THE BEET. 



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\VHITE SUCJAR. 



BLANCHE A 



An improved variety of the White Sugar Long White 



, Green-Top 



Beet. Root produced much above ground, and Mangel 



.. . Wurzel. 



of very large size ; if well grown, measuring GREEN-TOP 



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, white. 



Flesh white. Leaves green, rather large, and not so nu- 



merous as those of the White Sugar. 



Productive, and superior to the last named for agricultural 

 purposes ; the quality being equally good, and the yield much 

 greater. 



Root somewhat fusiform, Long Yel- 

 low Mangel 

 contracted towards the crown, Wurzel. 



JAITXE 



which rises six or eight inches GBOSSE. vu. 

 above the surface of the ground. Size 

 remarkably large ; when grown in deep 

 rich soil, often measuring twenty inches 

 in length, and five or six inches in thick- 

 ness. Skin yellow, bordering on orange- 

 color. Flesh pale yellow, zoned or cir- 

 cled with white, not close-grained but 

 sugary. Leaves comparatively large, 

 pale green ; the stems and nerves yellow ; 

 the nerves paler. 



The variety is one of the most produc- 

 tive of the field-beets ; but the roots are 

 neither smooth nor symmetrical, a major- 

 ity being forked or much branched. 



In the vicinity of Paris it is extensively 

 cultivated, and is much esteemed by dairy 

 eiiow Mangel Wurzel. farmers, on account of the rich color 

 which it imparts to milk when fed to dairy-stock. Com- 

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