BEET — MANGEL-WURZEL. 



359 



parts of inorganic matter, 

 ashes gave — 



The analyses of these 



966. Common beet and mangel-wurzel, also, are 

 very similar in composition. The following table 

 shows the composition of four varieties : — 



Red mangel-wurzel 

 Castelnaudary beet 

 White sugar beet 

 Bassano beet 



Organic matter. Inorganic matter. Water. 

 . 88 11 901 



. 139 11 850 



. 120 11 869 



. 115 12 873 



967. According to Boussingault, dried field beet 

 consists of — 



Carbon 428 



Oxygen 434 



Hydrogen . . . . . . .58 



Nitrogen 17 



Inorganic matter 63 



1000 



968. According to the experiments of Sprengel, 

 100,000 parts of dry beet root contain 5986 parts of 



