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AMERICAH-GROWH SUGAR BEET SEED COMPARED WITH 
THAT GROWH IH EUROPE. 
An extensive series of tests was made of beet seed grown in 
the United States as compared with seed grown in Europe. Six 
varieties were used; one grown in France, one in Saxony, two in 
Germany, and two in the United States. The sources of the seed 
are as follows: 
1. Utah Kleinwanzlebener. —This seed was grown at Lehi, 
Utah, by the Utah Sugar Company. The seed first used was the 
Original Kleinwanzlebener from Germany, and the seed tested this 
year was the second generation of American seed grown from the 
German seed. 
2. Original Kleinwanzlebener. —Imported from Germany and 
sent to us by the Utah Sugar Company. Of couise this is not the 
identical seed that was used as the ancestor of the Utah Klein¬ 
wanzlebener seed above mentioned, but it is from the same seed 
farm, of a crop a few years later and is presumably of about the 
same quality. 
3. Vilmorin. —Sent us by the United States Department of 
Agriculture and imported by them from the original growers in 
France. 
4. Mangold. —Grown by M. Knauer, Groebers, Saxony, and 
imported for us by the agent, H. Cordes, LaGrande, Oregon. 
5. Eddy Kleinwanzlebener. —This seed was grown at Eddy, New 
Mexico, during the season of 1897 from the beets of 1896 that were 
grown from seed obtained from Maison Carlier, Orchies, North 
France. It is, therefore, the first generation of American seed from 
the original French seed. This is the first crop of seed raised at 
Eddy. 
’!!i-0|6. Elite Kleinwanzlebener. —Imported from Germany by the 
United States Department of Agriculture. 
Seed of these six varieties was sent to quite a number of per¬ 
sons in the various irrigated portions of Colorado, who had promised 
to take special pains in the test. Some of the tests were to be on a 
small scale with the richest of ground and the best of conditions. 
Another set of tests was to be on a larger scale under general farm 
conditions. 
Great credit is'due the experimenters for the large amount of 
labor and painstaking care that were bestowed on these tests. The 
first samples were taken the last w T eek in September, being the Utah 
Kleinwanzlebener and the Original Kleinwanzlebener. Two w f eeks 
