222 Experiments on Transplanting Mangold. 
in gardening, that tlie cause of this " rooty and iangy " condition 
was the breaking of the taproot, by dravnug the plants. To test 
the correctness of my suspicions I ordered a portion of the plants 
to be shaken out of the box, by turning it topsv-turvy ; giving at 
the same time strict orders that, as lar as possible, every rootlet 
should be carefully preserved. 
Under these directions a row was set in the garden. The plants 
were placed at a foot apart in the row, having an onion-bed on 
one side, and a row of brocolis on the other. The plants were at 
this time about 4 inches long, and were put in with a small 
planting-trowel. The ground had been deeplv trenched, and 
brought within the garden a year or two before, and was a fine 
rich brick-earth. The only attention they received was, that 
about a month after, ten or twelve plants which had been eaten 
off by slugs, were filled up from the same box (probably as late 
as the second week in June), and one very moderate hoeing was 
given them by myself. The result was as follows : — 
Length of row 95 feet. 
Number of roots taken up 91 
Weiaht of roots .. (-29^ lbs. 
"Weight of tops ICSJ „ 
The twenty heaviest ... .. .. ,.. .. -11 ,, 
The twenty lightest 72 „ 
The fifty-one remaining oidh ,, 
A sample of these roots was taken to the Hadleigh Farmer's 
Club for inspection by the members, and was allowed to be of 
excellent quality. It must be observed, however, that although 
the quantity proved quite as satisfactory as the quality, the object 
of the experiment was for quality only, and not for quantity ; 
and, as a strong opinion seemed to be entertained that the latter 
was to be attributed to the spot v.here the experiment was tried, 
I determined to repeat the experiment in the field in the following 
year. Accordinglv one ridge was left unsown in a 9-acre field 
of yellow globe, and planted about the third week in May, as soon 
as the sown plants were well up. The number of plants was 
398. and the number of roots taken up on the 5th of November, 
1859, was the same, no root missing. They were set at 13 
inches from plant to plant, and 30 inches from row to row. 
Weight of roots, without tops, 168 stones 13 lbs. — not quite 6 lbs. 
per root ; or at the rate of more than 42 tons per acre. These 
were inspected, while growing, by several members of the Club, 
and allowed to be all that could be wislied. 
As two acres in the same field were set out to compete for the 
Club prize. I had tlie opportunity of com})aring the produce sown 
with that transplanted, which was in favour of the latter, the Club 
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