248 SUGAR BEET SEED. 



standard, So as to create new types and varieties char- 

 acteristic of one's own special work. The variations 

 in market price are made evident by a single example. 

 Jn Germany, in 1893, beet seed suddenly rose in price 

 from 40 M. per 50 kilos (nine cents per pound) to 100 

 M. or 22 cents per pound. 



The names given in the lists herewith are those 

 with whom we have corresponded, and, in some cases, 

 personally visited the farms, taking notes on the spot. 

 We trust that the facts given will be of more than 

 usual interest. 



Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. 



This well-known firm needs no introduction. We, 

 nearly twenty years ago, were the first to give general 

 publicity to the type known as Vilmorin's White 

 Improved sugar beet, which is one of the richest, if 

 not the richest, beets in the market. It is cultivated all 

 over the world and almost everywhere with success, on 

 account of its numerous qualities. We cannot do bet- 

 ter than to give here an extract of Dr. Wiley's pam- 

 phlet on the sugar beet, published by the United States 

 Department of Agriculture in February, 1897. 



" This beet is the result of thirty-five years of 

 methodic and persevering selection based upon the 

 right principles. In regard to its preservation, it is 

 recognized that it holds its sugar content better than 

 any other variety. In those factories in which the 

 Improved Vilmorin is manufactured in connection with 

 other varieties, it is the custom to reserve this variety 

 for the end of the season and to work up the less reli- 

 able beets at an earlier date. It is also said to resist 

 better than any other variety the unfavorable influence 

 of certain characters of soil and of certain manures. 

 In black soils, rich in organic matter, it gives great 

 industrial results, while most other varieties of beets 

 become watery or saline in excess. Excessive quanti- 



