SPRING-SOWN BEET AT WISLEY, 191 7. 
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upright ; leaves many, large, broad, smooth, some crumpled, shining,dark green, 
some tinged purple. No. 6 was more bronze than 7 and 8. Nos. 7 and 8 were 
mixed, some inclined to half-long. 
2. Globe (Sutton), A.M. 1908. — Root 4% inches deep, i\ to 3 inches 
diameter ; globular, tapering abruptly ; skin dull red, slightly rough ; flesh 
brilliant dark red, zones fairly distinct, little core ; growth upright ; leaves 
rather few, of medium size, smooth, shining, dark green, much tinged purple. 
4. Lentz Red Turnip (Barr). — Root 4 inches deep, 3 to 3^ inches diameter; 
globular, tapering ; skin dull red, slightly rough ; flesh red, more or less distinctly - 
zoned with white, little core ; leaves many, large, broad, rather spreading, 
smooth, shining, light green, little tinged purple. One bolted. 
10. Model Globe (Simpson). — Root variable in size, i\ to 3^ inches deep, 
i\ to 3$ inches diameter ; globular, tapering, sometimes abruptly ; skin dull red, 
slightly rough; flesh dark red, zones fairly distinct, little core ; growth upright; 
leaves many, large, broad, crumpled, shining, dark green, much tinged purple 
some bronze. 
9. Selected Globe (Dobbie), XXX July 27, 1917. — Root 4 inches deep, 
3$ to 4 inches diameter ; globular, tapering, sometimes abruptly ; skin dull 
red, slightly rough ; flesh dark red, zones fairly distinct, little core ; growth 
upright ; leaves of medium size and width, smooth, some crumpled, shining, 
dark green, much tinged purple. 
2. Foliage Bronze. 
12. Crimson Ball (Carter). — Root 2^ to 3 inches deep, i\ to 3 inches 
diameter ; globular, tapering, sometimes abruptly ; skin dull red, slightly 
rough ; flesh dark red, with distinct zones, sometimes distinctly zoned with 
white, little core ; growth upright ; leaves many, large, broad, crumpled, shining, 
bronze. 
(b) Roots Flat Round. 
16. Bassano (Barr). — Root 3 inches deep, 3^ to 4 inches diameter ; skin 
deep red, fairly smooth ; flesh red, zones distinct, some white, little core ; growth 
rather spreading ; leaves medium to large, broad, shining, yellow-green, little 
tinged purple. 
21. Columbia (Barr). — A mixed stock. 
19. Crosby's Egyptian (Barr), XXX July 27, 191 7. — Root 2 inches deep, 
3£ to 4 inches diameter ; skin deep red, fairly smooth ; flesh dark red, zones 
fairly distinct, little core ; growth upright ; leaves many, medium to large, 
shining, dark green, more or less tinged purple. 
18. Early Flat Egyptian (Barr). — Root 3 inches deep, 3 to 4 inches 
diameter ; flat round, some tapering ; skin deep red, fairly smooth ; flesh dark 
red, zones distinct, some white ; growth upright ; leaves fairly numerous, medium 
to large, broad, some crumpled, shining, dark green, some much tinged purple. 
Variable in size, some bronze, some globular. 
20. Edmond's Early (Barr). — Root 4 inches deep, 3 \ to i\ inches diameter; 
flat round, some tapering ; skin deep red, fairly smooth ; buried beneath soil ; 
flesh dark red, variable, zones variable, little core ; growth upright ; leaves 
fairly numerous, medium to large, broad, some narrower, some crumpled, shining, 
dark green, tinged and much tinged purple. Mixed, some flat, some conical. 
17. Egyptian Turnip-rooted (Sutton). — Root 2 inches deep, 3^ to 4$ inches 
diameter ; skin deep red, fairly smooth ; growth upright ; leaves fairly numerous, 
of medium size, fairly broad, some crumpled, shining, dark green, more or less 
tinged purple. 
(c) Roots Intermediate, 
1. Foliage Green. 
28. Intermediate, Veitch's (R. Veitch). — Root 7^ inches deep, 2 to 3^ inches 
diameter; skin dull deep red, fairly smooth; three-fourths root above soil; 
flesh dark red, zones distinct, little core ; growth upright ; leaves many, rather 
small, of medium width, slightly crumpled, shining, dark green, more or less 
tinged purple. A mixed stock with many misshapen roots. 
29. Intermediate, Veitch's (Sutton), XXX September 28, 1917. — Root 6£ 
inches deep,2 to 3^ inches diameter ; skin dull deep red, fairly smooth ; two-thirds 
root above soil ; flesh dark, more brick-red than No. 28, zones distincto little 
core ,* growth upright ; leaves small to medium size and breadth, shining, dark 
green, tinged purple, some bronze. 
