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Swedes. The results of analyses of thirteen varieties of swedes 

 grown at the three stations in Norfolk already mentioned are 

 shown in the following table. 



Table VII. 



The results entirely confirm those already obtained by Collins 

 (Durham College of Science Report, 1901). The same varieties 

 appear to be good and bad in quality both in Norfolk and in 

 Northumberland. The best swede however of those grown in 

 Norfolk is a local variety, for the seed of which the authors are 

 indebted to the kindness of Mr Herbert Smith of Stody Hall, 

 Melton Constable, on whose farm it has been grown continuously 

 from the same stock of seed for over 70 years. It is a very large 



