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October 19 the Kleinwanzlebener variety was examined. One hundred " individu- 

 als" were analyzed and gave the following mean results : Per cent sucrose in the juice, 

 14.8 per cent. 



Two hundred beets of the same variety, analyzed in "tens," gave the results re- 

 corded in Table X. 



The average results of the Kleinwanzlebener variety October 19 were : Mean sucrose 

 in juice, 14.5 per cent; mean purity, 82.8 per cent. 



The analysis of each variety in both fields upon a very broad scale set forth the 

 condition of the beets and the sugar value of the crop at the stated periods. The 

 analysis, when put in comparison with the examinations made in September, show 

 the action of the climatic conditions the falling off of the sucrose in consequence of 

 the rains, and the comparative capabilities of the varieties to recover their lost 

 sucrose value. 



The varieties in each field were gone over again and their condition determined 

 after an interval of fourteen days. The examination recommenced in Field B. The 

 "Elite" and "Knauer" varieties were not examined further, as they had attained 

 full maturity and their maximum values were ascertained before the rains set in. 

 The varieties " Lemaire," " Desprez," "Vilmorin," and " Kleinwanzlebener " remained 

 in the ground in sufficient number to allow of a further thorough examination of 

 their condition. 



The purpose of the repeated analyses of the varieties at the given intervals was, in 

 the first place, to observe the approach of each toward maturity and to determine 

 the precise period when each variety had attained its maximum value, and, further, 

 to note the specific effect of the great heat, followed by the rains, by observing the 

 degree of the sucrose depreciation consequent on the "second growth " and to what 

 extent the beets recovered their loss in sugar. 



October 20 the "Lemaire" variety was reexamined. One hundred "individuals" 

 gave the following mean results: Sucrose in juice, 14.1 per cent. Eighty beets, in 

 "tens," gave the results recorded in Table XI. 



The average results of the "Lemaire" variety, October 20, were: Mean sucrose in 

 juice, 14.6 per cent ; mean purity, 88.5 per cent. 



October 21 the " Desprez " variety was retested. One hundred " individuals " gave 

 the following mean result: Sucrose in juice, 14.1 per cent. (See Table XII.) 



Three hundred and eighty beets in "tens" gave results recorded in Table XII bis. 



The average results of the " Desprez " variety, October 21, were : Mean sucrose in 

 luice, 14.1 per cent; mean purity, 87.7 per cent. 



October 22 the Vilmorin variety was reexamined. Fifty "individuals" were 

 analyzed and gave the following mean results: Sucrose in juice, 12.8 per cent. 



Six hundred and sixty beets of the same variety, analyzed in "tens," gave the re- 

 sults recorded in Table XIII. 



The average results of the Vilmorin variety, October 22, were: mean sucrose in 

 juice, 13.4 per cent; mean purity, 85.8 per cent. 



October 23 the Kleinwanzlebener variety was reexamined. Fifty "individuals" 

 analyzed gave the following mean results : sucrose in juice, 14.1 per cent. 



Six hundred and twenty beets, analyzed in "tens," gave results recorded in Table 

 XIV. 



The average results of the Klein- Wanzleben variety, October 23, were: mean 

 sucrose in juice, 14.1 per cent; mean purity, 83.8 per ceut. 



On completing the reexarniuation of the varieties in Field B, the work of the 

 following week was given to a complete investigation of the condition and results 

 of the experiments on the small plats. It will be convenient, however, to bring in 

 at this period the data obtained from the reexamination of the varieties in Field A, 

 in order that the observations upon the large plats in Fields A and B mav be brought 

 to a conclusion. 



