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CARROTS, MANGOLDS AND SUGAR BEETS. 



variety. While 

 travelling in Eng- 

 land, Ireland and 

 France, for inquiry 

 and observation, I 

 found that the 

 round and ovoid 

 varieties were more 

 generally cultivat- 

 ed than the long 

 sorts. In my ex- 

 perience the ovoid 

 varieties incline 

 to grow smooth- 

 er than the long 

 kinds and htnce 

 are likely to bring 

 up less earth with 

 them, which on 

 heavy soil is a 

 matter of so m e 

 moment. I think of the two kinds the yellow, under the 

 same circumstances, makes the larger root. The long va- 

 rieties pile better in the cellar, while the round or ovoids cut 

 up rather more readily, appear less inclined to rot at the top, 

 and are firmer fleshed. The globe and ovoid varieties ap- 

 pear to be best adapted to hard and shallow soils, and of 

 these the Yellow Globe and Ovoid are especially valuable, 

 as they are better keepers than most sorts and remain sound, 

 without sprouting, until late into the spring, and with special 

 care may be kept even into the summer season. 



The long Silesian varieties of Sugar Beet vary from 

 each other only in the color of the part exposed above 

 ground. — being green, grey or red. The kind intro- 



