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THE SUGAR BEET. 



morin. This beet is very light, and contains about 

 13.50 per cent, of sugar. It adheres to the ground, 

 and for that reason the harvesting of it is most difficult. 



Fig. 1. 



Fig 2. 



White Silesian. 



Imperiale. 



We now have some few direct sub-varieties known 

 as the Breslau and the so-called Electorale, also 

 brought to notice by Knauer. These are rather larger 

 than the Imperiale, but they do not contain the same 

 amount of sugar ; also a white variety of German beet 

 having a green top, known as " Blanche de Pologne," 

 and contains about 13 per cent, of sugar. Besides 

 these there exist several varieties acclimated in 

 France, having also the same origin, but they are 

 much degenerated. 



