THE FAMILIAR BEET 



These fine specimens present an 

 improved variety of a plant that grows 

 in every garden. Nowadays, however, 

 the beet is not merely a garden 

 vegetable, but a field plant of the very 

 highest importance; inasmuch as it is 

 a large source of the world's sugar 

 supply. Through selective breeding 

 the sugar content of the beet has been 

 enormously increased within recent 

 years, and this humble vegetable now 

 rivals the sugar cane as a producer 

 of sweets. 



