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to 624.2 grams, 22 ounces, of leaves per beet. The roots weighed 
94556.0 grams, an average of 695.2 grams, equal to 24.5 ounces. 
The ratio of the weight of the tops to the weight of tlie beets is as 
1 : 1 . 12 . 
The ratio of the weight of the tops to that of the beets, for the 
same varieties, deduced from the weights taken in the held, was 
1:1.14. The ratios for the hve varieties deduced from the yield as 
given under that head, are as follows : 
Kleinwanzlebeoer. . .1: 1.274 ; weight of tops = 78.5 per cent, of weight of beets 
Vilmorin 1: 1.087 ; weight of tops = 92.0 per cent, of weight of beets 
Lion Brand 1: 1 .157 ; weight of tops =86.4 per cent, of weight of beets 
Lane’s Imperial 1: 2.239 ; weight of tops = 44.6 per cent, of weight of beets 
Imperial 1: 1.113 ; weight of tops = 89.8 per cent, of weight of beets 
'The tops and beets were both weighed while entirely fresh. 
The beets were taken and handled in such manner that we lost none 
of the leaves. In the other samples the leaves were taken at the 
base of the leaf, but none of the crown was taken. This was weighed 
with the beet. The change in the ratio of the leaves to the beets, by 
weight, is due to both the increase in the weight of the beet and to 
the decrease in the weight of the tops ; the average weight of the 
leaves for one beet, on September 22, was 742 ; on October 13, 623.4 
grams. 
Persons familiar with the growth of the sugar beet elsewhere, 
remark, upon seeing ours, that they grow very vigorous tops. The 
weights corroborate the judgment. If the relative weights of the 
tops and beets weie an applicable measure of the 'quality of our 
beets, they should be very good, indeed, and I believe them to be 
such ; for I think that careful investigation will establish the fact, 
that it is a very good beet, which, in a perfectly fresh condi- 
tion, will show a sugar content of 12.5 per cent. We have had 
individual beets, analyzed immediately upon being removed from 
the ground, to run as high as 15.5 per cent, sugar, but they do 
not all run that high, and an individual beet of high excellence 
does not make the crop excellent. 
The ratio between the weight of the leaves and that of the roots 
of the sugar beet, as grown here, is so entirely ditferent from that 
given for other localities, that we evidently cannot safely accept their 
data, as applying to our conditions. The same is true in regard to 
the size of the beets. I doubt whether a crop of sugar beets can be 
grown on ground, really suitable for their cultivation, with an aver- 
age weight, per beet, of less than two pounds. But it does not fol- 
low that they will be low in percentage of sugar, or in purity. I 
have received, from time to time, several samples of large beets car- 
rying a fair percentage of sugar, and of a satisfactory purity, one beet 
weighing about 5 pounds, which I analyzed si mpl}^ because it was so 
large, carried 14.0 per cent, sugar, with a co-efficient of 88, and I re- 
