84 THE SUGAR BEET. 



According to R. Hoffmann — 



100.00 100.00 100.00 



3. Sugar in the Beet. — The formation of the sugar 

 in the beet, as before stated, seems mainly but not en- 

 tirely due to the leaves, as the root takes an active part 

 on soils where these are small and the saccharine per- 

 centage large. Various causes, such as weather, fer- 

 tilizers,^ size, soil, etc., will greatly influence the amount 

 of sugar contained in the beet. We know that there 

 exist several zones, some of which are transparent and 

 others opaque.^ Payen admits that the latter contain 

 the sugar, and consequently the greater their number 

 the richer the beet. Figs. 15 and 16 give the reader 

 a good idea of the general distribution according to 

 Payen; whilst Charles Violette, on the other hand, 

 clearly demonstrates by analysis that there is very 



' See " Leaves of the Beet." 



* These are, according to Violette : — 



Translucid Zones. Opaque Zones. 



1st 14.5 fist 15.7 



Sugar per cent. < 2d 13.4 Sngar per cent, < 2d 15.5 



3d 10.0 (3d 11.2 



