140 VEGETABLE GARDENING. 



Dewing's Improved Blood Turnip Beet. — A first-class beet in 



every respect; valuable for winter or summer use. 



Diseases of Beets. — The beet is subject to several diseases, 

 and it is most healthy when grown on new land. 



Beet Scab is a disease which ruptures the skin of the 

 beet in a manner similar to scab on potatoes. Recent investiga- 

 tions show that this disease is the same as potato scab. On 

 this account, beets should not follow potatoes on land that has 

 grown a scabby crop unless there is an interval of several years 

 between them. Beets are sometimes subject to a rust that in- 

 jures the foliage, but seldom very seriously. 



Stock Beets (often called Mangel Wurzel). Stock beets are 

 gross feeders and prefer rich soil. They require the same care 

 as table beets, but the rows should be thirty inches apart, so 



as to allow of cultivating them 

 with horse implements. The seed 

 may be sown with any common 

 garden ^ seed drill after first laying 

 off the rows with a marker, or it 

 may be sown with a common grain 

 drill by stopping the flow of seed 

 through a part of the holes. It is 

 a very good plan to sow radish or 

 rutabaga seed with the beet seed, 

 as it starts quickly and the line of 

 the row is thus easily seen, so that 

 cultivation, may be started early. 

 Figure 6i.-Sugar Beet. rpj^-g ^^^^ important in land that 



is somewhat weedy. About six pounds of seed to the acre will 

 give about twelve seeds (fruits) to a foot. 



There are many good varieties of stock beets. Among the 

 best are Long Red, Yellow, or Golden Tankard, Yellow Globe 

 and American Sugar. The latter is not a true sugar beet, but is 

 much richer in sugar than the ordinary varieties of stock beets 

 and, possibly, of better feeding value. 



Sugar Beets, from which is made a large amount of the 

 sugar of commerce, are grown in a similar way to stock beets, 

 but on a large scale require a rather differeit and special 



