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A. 1., also P.C. or A. I. 2. The latter are larger than the 

 former and give heavier yields. This seed is not sold, 

 but is sown the following spring rather close together, 

 so as to keep down the size, distance between rows 40 

 c. m. (15.6 inches), and between beets in row, 10 

 c. m. (3.9 inches). 



Gustav Jaensch & Co., Aschersleben, Germany. 



These growers are well known and make a spe- 

 cialty of beet seed. Their varieties are the outcome of 

 the Vilmorin and Klein- Wanzleben. The selection is 

 made with considerable care, being based as usual on 

 the shape, weight and percentage of sugar. From year 

 to year, they claim that their methods undergo slight 

 changes — the outcome of experience. 



Fouqier D'Herouel, \'aux-sous-Laon, France. 



This well-known seed producer, who has been 

 before the public for twenty years, has only one^variety 

 to which his name is given. The claim is, that great 

 stress is placed upon his methods of selection. The 

 sugar percentage is from 15 to 18 and the yield about 

 fifteen tons to the acre. It is claimed that there is a 

 considerable demand for this seed in Belgium, where 

 it competes under favorable circumstances with the 

 well-known German imported seed. 



Zadislas Mayzel, Brzozowka.par Stopnica, Poland, 

 Russia. 



A seed grower of considerable reputation, estab- 

 lished in 1873; many farms are connected with the 

 enterprise. The chemical laboratories connected with 

 the selection are most active many months of the year. 

 The cold-water method of selection is used, with some 

 few modifications, which are considered most impor- 

 tant. Each mother is analyzed twice, and it is only 

 when both analyses show the beet to be very superior 



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