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EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED BY THE NEW YORK STATION AT 



GENEVA. 



The experimental beet plots at the Geneva station were planted on 

 June 10, with 20 inches between the rows, and were thinned from 

 July 10 to 20. Special fertilizer experiments were conducted at this 

 station, which will be further discussed under soil. The season was 

 reported as being favorable, and the following analytical data, as 

 determined at Washington, bear out this report, the beets from Geneva 

 outranking any others grown as to sugar content and purity, standing 

 second in size and yield. 



<i<i/<i 



on bet't* < i mil' a nf flu .V- "' 

 Geneva. 



York 



xtalinn 



a Averaged from N. Y. Exp. Sta. Bui. No. 205, 1901. 



A- the conditions existing at Geneva seem to approach the ideal for 

 sugar-beet culture, it is regretted that only the temperature and rain- 

 fall data are obtainable for that place. The sunshine data is not avail- 

 able for any nearer point than Ithaca. It is shown, however, that the 

 decreased temperature in 1901, as compared with the previous year 

 i. e., 1.6 and the increased rainfall of 3.4 inches had practically no 

 effect on the quality of the beets, while their si/e \\a> -lightly 

 .increased. The meteorological data available are as follows: 



\. 



l.'Mtl. 



Month. 



Tmij.rr- 

 nturi'. 



Precipi- 

 tation. 



M,.y. 



.Inn.- 

 .Inly. 



Aim. i 



SepU'inb. r 

 (x-tolM-r ... 



I'.MH. 



7f,. ; 



Avenim- inn! total 



67.5 



71 

 14 



:!. I 



total 



< inn-nil iivrniK*- MTU! total 



C.l.s 



A. .SO 

 2.07 



9.84 



j. it; 



9. : 



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