Sugar-Bects and Beetroot Distillation. 
Composition of Ayrshire Sugar-heets in 18G9. 
No. 1. Ko. 2. 
Water 89-08 .. .. 89-17 
*Albiiminous compounds .. .. 1-94 .... I'GO 
Crude fibre (pulp) 2-16 .... 2-19 
Crystallizable sugar 5-04 .... 5-29 
Pectin, &c -34 .. .. -30 
Mineral matter (ash) 1"44 .... 1-45 
* (containing nitrogen 
Specific gravity of juice 
At a temperature of .. 
100-00 
•311 
1-043 
58° F. 
10000 
•256 
1-045 
58° F. 
These roots are very poor in su^ar, and hardly better than 
common mangolds. In 1868 Mr. Kennedy grew beet at May- 
bole of a much superior character, some containing as much as 
12 per cent, of sugar. The season of 1869 was certainly not 
less favourable for the development of sugar in roots than 1868, 
and hence the poverty of the beets grown by Mr. Kennedy in 
1869 must have been due entirely to the mode of culture. 
Monster roots, as is well known, are always very watery, poor 
in sugar, and consequently equally bad for feeding purposes and 
for the manufacture of sugar. 
Two such roots grown in 1869 at Buscot Park by Mr. Camp- 
bell were sent to me for analysis by that gentleman, together 
with two species of French beets. The contrast in the quality 
of these big roots and moderately sized specimens is very striking, 
as will be seen by the following analyses, which I have grouped 
together, with an average analysis of 15 lots of beets, grown in 
1869, in the neighbourhood of Lavenham in Suffolk. 
No. 1. 
No. 2. 
1 No. 3. 
No. 4. 
No. 5. 
Crystallizable sugar 
*Albuniinous compounds 
Pectin and colouring matter 
Mineral matter (ash) . . 
83-75 
10-56 
•93 
•62 
2-98 
1-16 
84-08 
10-98 
•78 
-68 
2-71 
•77 
91-35 
4-05 
1-35 
-34 
1-72 
1-19 
91-50 
3-89 
1-04 
•36 
1^90 
1-31 
82-46 
11-06 
-81 
•66 
3-87 
1-14 
100-00 
100-00 
100-00 
100^00_ 
100-00 
Specific gravity of juice 
At a temperature of 
1-0579 
58° F. 
lbs. 
2J 
1-0646 
58° F. 
lb. ozs. 
1 101 
1-0352 
58° F. 
lbs. 
16 
i-o.-^ss 
58° F. 
lbs. 
1 06218 
64° F. 
• Containing nitrogen . . 
■149 
•125 
•216 
•167 
•128 
No. 1 CoUette rofe (French beet). No. 2 Lanthiez (French beetX 
Nos. 3 and 4 beets grown at Buscot Park. No. 5 Lavenham beets. 
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