133 



Full A. 



The observations attaching to the varieties in Field B show that the "Lemaire" 

 and " Desprez " varieties made improvement in October after the bad effects of the 

 rains had abated. The " Vilmorin" and " Klein wanzlebener " varieties, which were 

 nearer maturity than the two former varieties at the time that the rains fell, never 

 recovered their lost ground, but continued to fall off in sucrose. The weather, how- 

 ever, was very unfavorable to a recovery from the effects of the " second growth" 

 consequent on the rains. Although there was very little rain after the first week in 

 October, the weather was ungenial. The nights were frosty and the days very change- 

 able and raw, and not in any degree favorable to a gradual maturity of the beets, if 

 considered in comparison with the general tone of the fall weather in the beet dis- 

 tricts of Europe. 



In Field A, no analytical data was obtained immediately before nor immediately 

 after the rains, but the table indicates clearly the period in October when the varieties 

 had reached their maximum value, and that Liter there was a notable falling off both 

 in the sugar content and the purity of the juices, or, in other words, the beets were at 

 the best for sugar -making purposes in the first half of October, and that by the end 

 of the month they had fallen off in value for the factor not less than 15 per cent con- 

 sidering the decreased purity of the juices in connection with the actual loss of sucrose 

 in the beets. 



If an analysis of the respective behaviors of the varieties be attempted any very 

 conclusive data can hardly be established ; nevertheless it is observed in Field B 

 that the " Elite" and " Knauer" varieties came first to maturity. Again, in respect 

 of the property to resist and recover from the unfavorable climatic conditions, the 

 "Lemaire" and "Desprez" varieties appeared to excel the " Vilmoriu" and "Klein- 

 waiizlebener" varieties ; but, as it has already been said, that difference in favor of the 

 two former varieties might be wholly owing to their being farther from maturity at 

 the time that the rains fell. In Field A, the behavior of the varieties was so very 

 uniform that there is not room for safe comment in favor of any one. 



More exact conclusions may be established of the actual values of the varieties by 

 comparing the weight per acre with the sugar contained in the beets of each variety. 

 In doing that the highest average sucrose reading will be used with the weight per 

 acre in order that the maximum value expressed in the yield of sugar per acre may 

 be given. The following tables set forth the comparative values of the varieties : 



