RATIO OF LEAVES TO ROOTS. 
Date. 
Variety. 
Num- 
ber of 
Beets. 
Weight of 
Tops. 
Grams. 
Weight of 
Beets. 
Grams. 
Ratio of 
Weight of Top 
to Weight of 
Beets. 
18 
13111.7 
9950.5 
1:0.76 
1:0.69 
Vilmorin 
18 
9273.6 
6398.0 
Lion Brand 
18 
12832.7 
7461.6 
1:0.58 
Lane’s Imperial 
9 
3218.5 
5964.7 
1:1.85 
Imperial 
18 
9152.1 
5443.0 
1:0.59 
Kleinwanzlebener No. 2. .. 
6 
4485.1 
3898.2 
1:0.87 
Vilmorin No. 2 
6 
2789.6 
2381.4 
1:0.85 
12 
8708.9 
5261.6 
1:0.60 
Vilmorin 
15 
8448.8 
6962.7 
1:0.82 
Lion Brand 
14 
9121.6 
7805.2 
1:0.85 
Lane’s Imperial 
11 
5624.2 
7756.4 
1:1.27 
Irr perial 
15 
8060.0 
6668.6 
1:0.82 
Kleinwanzlebener No. 2.. 
6 
3487.1 
3900.9 
1:1.11 
Vilmorin No. 2 
2 
1905.0 
1474.2 
1:0.77 
September 15 
Kleinwanzlebener 
14 
11475.8 
8584.0 
1:0.74 
Vilmorin 
14 
9253.2 
8675.8 
1:0.93 
Lion Brand 
12 
7733.7 
5057.5 
1:0.66 
Imperial 
14 
11396.4 
8447.9 
1:0.74 
Kleinwanzlebener No. 2. .. 
2 
2336.0 
2381.3 
1:1.05 
Vilmorin No. 2 
2 
1134.0 
1564.9 
1:1.38 
September 22 
Kleinwanzlebener 
24 
22021.8 
15932.3 
1:0.72 
Vilmorin 
25 
17864.0 
17417.8 
1:0.97 
Lion Brand 
26 
16635.4 
12859.3 
1:0.77 
Lane’s Imperial 
16 
7688.4 
13743.8 
1:1.78 
Imperial 
26 
19106.3 
13131.4 
1:0.69 
Kleinwanzlebener No. 2.. 
2 
861.8 
1224.7 
1:1.33 
Vilmorin No. 2 
2 
1406.1 
1247.4 
1:0.86 
September 29 
Kleinwanzlebener 
12 
6005.9 
7484.2 
1:1.25 
Vilmorin 
12 
6395.7 
6417.2 
1:1.00 
Lion Brand 
12 
5896.7 
5465.8 
1:0.93 
Imperial 
12 
6373.0 
6.551.4 
1:1.03 
Kleinwanzlebener No. 2.. 
2 
1179.3 
1247.4 
1:1.00 
Vilmorin No. 2 
2 
2404.0 
3197.8 
1:1.33 
Oetnher 13. 
Kleinwanzlebener 
30 
22180.4 
22248.7 
1:1.00 
Vilmorin 
30 
16147.7 
19681.1 
1:1.23 
Lion Brand. 
30 
17894.1 
20991.6 
1:1.17 
Lane’s Imperial 
30 
11121.3 
29316.7 
1:2.55 
Imperial 
30 
17718.7 
18665.2 
1:1.06 
Kleinwanzlebener No. 2.. 
8 
6576.8 
7166.7 
1:1.09 
Vilmorin No. 2 
8 
4266.7 
5802.7 
1:1.35 
The samples taken October 13 represent the mature crop for 
my plot, and, also, for the Farm plots, given in the table as Klein- 
wanzlebener No. 2, and Vilmorin No. 2. Omitting the Lane’s Im- 
perial, because of its exceptional ratio, and the fact that it grows out 
of the ground to a very considerable extent, whereas the others do 
not, we have the following figures, representing our sugar beets for 
the season of 1897 : 136 beets grew 84784.4 grams of tops, equal 
