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beet is, that the leaves apparently still retain the Man- 

 gold characteristic. This beet appears at present to be 

 playing an important role. Besides the type just men- 

 tioned, attention must be called to the Electorale 

 and Imperiale. 



The latter appears to be suited to fertile soils; on 

 the other hand, the Electorale renders great service on 

 soils not so well suited for beets. These seeds 

 have such well-known reputations that they need 

 no introduction in these pages. The Mangold I appar- 

 ently holds its name against all competition. The 

 Knauer Wanzleben, or Improved, is also a very popu- 

 lar variety. At the society of Central Agriculture, of 

 Tabor, Bohemia, in a contest with sixteen other vari- 

 eties, the Mangold gave nineteen tons to the acre; 

 later, in 1895 andv 1896, the experiments were again 

 resumed and Knauer's beets showed 16.6 per cent, 

 sugar and 15.3 tons to the acre. The experiments con- 

 ducted under the direction of Dr. Wiley at Washing- 

 ton show 16.3 per cent, sugar and 15.2 tons to the 

 acre. The American agent is H. Cordez of Evans- 

 ville, Indiana, who grew beets in 1897 showing these 

 percentages of sugar: 



Sept 24. 

 Oct 10.. 



Mangold. 



Imperial. 



14.9 I 14.9 



16.5 I 15.9 



Electoral. 



14.3 

 16.0 



J. W. Ustyanowicz, R. F Zmigrodzki & Co., 

 Kieff, Russia. 



They have a very complete laboratory for selec- 

 tion. The physical selection receives special atten- 

 tion. The minimum weight for the Klein-Wanzleben 

 type is 500 grams, while beets of the Vilmorin- 

 origin weigh 450 grams; beets are arranged in glasses 

 of 500, 600, 700, 800, etc., grams; each of these receives 

 special attention. A special Behl press is used to 

 extract the juices. About 5000 beets are ejiamined 



