LEAVES or THE STJGAE BEET. 99 



and two of the stripped were photographed (see figs. 

 20-21) as shown. Those that were untouched are long, 

 have very short necks, whilst the others, on the con- 

 trary, are short, with long necks, with the many small 

 roots adhering to the outer surface.' 



The loss of sugar in the latter case was compensated 

 by an equivalent of water,^ and when this occurred a 

 certain amount of non-crystallizable sugar was formed. 



' The results obtained by analysis were : — 



Beets untouched. Beets stripped. 

 Water ..... 85.600 88.250 



Sugar 9.320 6.210 



Nitric elements . . . . 4.360 4.559 



Mineral salts .... 0.719 0.981 



100.000 100.000 



' Schwartz, a Belgium agriculturist, considers that if 100 represents roots 

 untouched, 98 would be the yield if stripped once, and 58 twice, etc. 



