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iiard that I never, even by transplanting, got a stand; but 

 late in the summer and fall they seemed to grow well. 



No. 4, (Lot No. 13), is the Imperial Beet, planted on same 

 ground as No. 3, and treated similarly ; all these beets were 

 gathered on the 23d of October. 



No. 5 is the French Beet, planted at Endor Furnace, 

 ^near Egypt), on the 16th of May, on a nice, mellow soil 

 neither sandy nor stiff. The ground had been plowed 

 about six weeks before, and I had it plowed again just be- 

 fore planting. After drawing the furrows (whi:h I did in 

 all cases with a 'scooter' plow), I had it well sprinkled 

 with ashes, this being the only fertilizer used in Nos. 5 and 



The seed had been soaked forty-eight hours, and was 

 nicely sprouted when planted. If any difference, the season 

 was drier at Endor than at Lockville, and yet I must con- 

 sider ray success the best there, the beets growing smooth 

 and of a uniform size of form, 2 to 3 lbs. each. 



No. 6 is the Imperial Beet, treated similar to No. 5. 



I had still made another experiment at Buckhorn, but 

 must confess to a failure tliere. The beet, through neglect 

 and dry weather grew very slowl}^, and was not over half 

 pound beets.in October, when gathered, and so green that 

 they soon dried and shriveled up. 



The last of March or beginning of April is the proper 

 time to plant here, wlien the beet will have root enough to 

 stand the drought and hot weather of July. 



One difficulty I had was to keep the beet covered, it seem- 

 ingly having a tendency to grow out of the ground ; forthis 

 reason I shall in future plant three feet apart, instead of two, 

 as this year." 



LOT No. 19, 



Tliis was a separate lot of 7 beets which came in the box 

 with Ifr. Wisskr's samples. Whether a separate lot, or 

 merely specimens from the other 6 lots, I could not ascer- 

 tain, and so analyzed them. 



