VI CONTENTS. 



PART U. 



CHAPTER I. 



Varieties of the Beet. 



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Classification ; Red Beet, or Red Castelnaudary ; Yellow Beet, or Yellow 



Castelnaudary 63 



German Red Mangel Wurzel ; Long, White, Green-top Mangel Wurzel 64 

 Long, White, Red-top Mangel Wurzel ; Yellow Globe Mangel Wurzel ; 



Red Globe Mangel Wurzel 65 



White Silesian ; Magdeburg; Imperiale . ... 67 



Breslau, Eleetorale .......... 68 



White Silesian Green-top . 69 



White Silesian Rose-top ; White Sugar Grayish-top ; Improved Vilmorin 70 



Improved Deprez 7'3 



Simon Legrand ; Toilet and Improved Carter .... 73 



CHAPTER II. 



Examination of the Beet. 



With the microscope 74 



Chemical examination ......... 80 



Sugar in the beet (various theories) .84 



External qualities ; shape of the beet 87 



CHAPTER III. 



Leaves of the Sugar Beet. 



Analysis of roots 92 



Analysis of leaves 93 



Effect of stripping the leaves .... . . . . 94 



Total elements taken up by the beets and leaves in one hectare of land . 95 



Author's experience in New Jersey . 96 



Loss of sugar by stripping 99 



PART III. 



CHAPTER L 



Soils. General Considerations. 



Analysis of Prussian soils 103 



Analysis of French soils . 104 



CHAPTER II. 



Preparation of the Soil, oh Tillage. 



Cultivation in driUs Ill 



Cultivation in hills . . . . . . . . . .117 



