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The Cultivation of the Sugar-beet, [jam;, 



soil must also be taken into account. Useful working 

 distances in France are 16 to 18 inches between the rows, 

 and 10 to 12 inches between the sugar-beets when singled in 

 the rows. In Germany the distances vary from 14-18 inches, 

 and 8-12 inches respectively. Though always grown on the 

 flat in Continental countries, sugar-beet might be experi- 

 mentally grown on ridges 22 inches — 24 inches apart in this 

 country, in cases where ridge cultivation appeared to be 

 desirable with the view of gaining deeper soil, more efficient 

 hoeing, and easier harvesting. 



Varieties. — Some types of sugar-beet are characterised 

 chiefly by the fact that they yield a high percentage of sugar, 

 e.g., White Silesian, while others are known as heavy 

 croppers containing a medium percentage of sugar, and these 

 appear to be nearly all of French origin. These two types 

 have given rise to numerous varieties differing in form, size, 

 foliage, texture of the "flesh," and sugar content. The 

 following is a list of varieties grown on the Continent for 

 various purposes in different localities : — - 



Hary. 



Dennetiere. 



Carlier. 



Legras. 



Eloir. 



Laurent-Mouchon. 



Two types might with advantage be grown experimentally 

 in England, the one, represented by Klein-Wanzlebener and 

 Vilmorin's Improved White (Blanche Amelioree), containing 

 a high percentage of sugar, but yielding only a medium crop ; 

 and a second, such as Grey-topped White (Blanche a Collet 

 gris), which yields a large crop, but contains a smaller per- 

 centage of sugar. 



Klein-Wanzlebener is a type of sugar-beet of which there 

 are a number of sub-varieties, and seems to have originated 



French. 



German. 



Blanche a collet rose. 

 Blanche a collet gris. 

 Blanche a collet vert. 

 Bouteuse. 



Blanche Amelior6e Vilmorin. 



Franchise riche 



(Fouquier d'H6rouel). 



Simon Legrand. 



Fl. Desprez. 



Demiaulte. 



White Silesian Rosetop. 

 White Magdeburg. 

 Imperial. 



Improved W T hite Imperial. 

 Improved Rose Imperial. 

 Electoral. 



Klein-Wanzlebener. 

 Schreiber's. 

 Mette's. 

 Braune's. 



