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18.01 per cent., while the two varieties grown on ground free from 
alkali, showed 17.5-18.8 per cent., the latter was the Kleinwanzle- 
bener, from the Farm plot. But I am in doubt whether this higher 
figure is not an accident, as I obtained for beets from the same plot, 
December 10, only 17.48 per cent.; this, however, is a little higher 
than the same variety from my plot showed. 
AIR-DRY SUBSTANCE IN SUGAR BEETS. 
Date. 
Variety. 
Num- 
ber of 
Beets 
Taken. 
Weight of 
Green 
Beets. 
Grams. 
Weight of 
Dried 
Beets . 
Grams. 
Per Cent, of 
Air-dried Sub- 
stance, 
12 
.5803.5 
730.0 
12.58 
Vilmorin 
15 
6092.6 
675.5 
11.08 
Lion Brand 
14 
7226.4 
892 5 
12.35 
Lane’s Imperial 
12 
8777.0 
775.5 
8.84 
Imperial 
15 
4995.0 
794.5 
15.90 
Kleinwanzlebener No. 2.. 
5 
3356.2 
447.5 
13.33 
Vilmorin No. 2 
5 
1942.4 
283.0 
14.62 
September 22 
Kleinwanzlebener 
12 
9377.9 
1646.0 
17.55 
Vilmorin 
13 
9956.3 
1587.0 
15.94 
Lion Brand 
14 
7745.1 
1373.0 
17.73 
Lane’s Imperial 
16 
10863.5 
1458.0 
13 42 
Imperial 
14 
7869.7 
1400.0 
17.79 
October 13 
Kleinwanzlebener 
18 
15603.5 
2605.5 
16.69 
Vilmorin 
18 
13965.9 
2385.0 
17.08 
Lion Brand 
18 
15095.0 
2718 5 
18 01 
Lane’s Imperial 
18 
18834.6 
2686.0 
14 24 
Imperial 
18 
12519.0 
2228.5 
17,80 
Kleinwanzlebener No. 2. . . 
6 
5715.2 
1074.5 
18.80 
Vilmorin No. 2 
6 
4419.7 
773.5 
17 50 
October 21 
Lane’s Imperial 
2640.0 
373.0 
14.13 
Large Pink Beets t 
8067.0 
982.0 
12.25 
October 29 
liane’s Imperial . 
.5500.0 
739.8 
13.45 
Long Red Mangoldwnrzel 
4500.0 
641.6 
14.28 
Yellow Globe 
3850 0 
536 3 
14.63 
December 10 
Kleinwanzlebener No. 2. . . 
6 
7170.0 
1241.5 
17.48 
Vilmorin No 2* 
8364.0 
1709.0 
20.43 
t The variety unknown. The seed was purchased as Lane’s Imperial. 
* This sample was taken from the root cellar, where it had lain about five weeks. 
I have showed that about 17 per cent, of the crop is formed 
during the last two weeks of the growing season, also that about 33 
per cent, of the total weight of the sugar was deposited during the 
last week or ten days, but we fail to observe any such increase in 
