Radish — Beet 



277 



AA. Root oval. 



(Color as above.) 

 AAA. Root conical or eylmdri-conical. 

 (Color as above.) 



The varieties were reduced to 43 I y Goff. In 1889 (Annals 

 Hort.) 81 varieties were offered by American seedsmen. 



For experiments on value of different sizes of radish seed, see 

 Galloway, Agric. Science, 1894, p. 557. 



For recent discussions of insects and diseases see : 



Cabbage maggot, Cornell Bull. No. 78: Advises tarred paper or 

 bisulfide carbon. 



Club root. See cabbage. 



White rust, N. J. Rept. 1890, p. 350. 



BEET 



A loose deep rich fresh relatively cool soil and a 

 continuous growth are the requisites in the cultivation of 

 garden beet. It is usually a companion- or succession- 

 crop in the vegetable -garden. The crop is hardy and 

 easy to raise. There are no special difficulties. The 

 round varieties are relatively surface feeders and early 

 in their growth. The land should be kept well tilled in 

 order to conserve the moisture and to keep down weeds, 

 particularly during the early part of the season. 



There are two general types of beets grown for vege- 

 table-gardening purposes: the short -season turnip vari- 

 eties, and the main-season long-rooted varieties. The 

 long -rooted varieties are less popular than a few years 

 ago, for the turnip varieties may be grown in the fall 

 for winter use, and fresh beets are to be had from the 

 South during the winter season. Formerly the long 

 blood beet was used for stock-feeding to some extent, 



