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Pre. or Prior prefixed to a date in any of the tables means that the 
fact there noted should have been noted previous to that date. 
In the varieties received from Messrs. Vilmorin, Andrieux et Cie, 
the past season, we have been careful to preserve both the French 
and English names, when both were given on the packages. In all 
such cases we give the English name first, and append in parenthe- 
sis the French name. 
BEET. 
We tested the following list of beets and mangels, planting the 
seeds April 23and 24, in rows twelve feet long and twenty-one inches 
apart, one row to each name. The soil received a liberal dressing of 
well rotted stable manure in the fall of 1884, which was plowed in as 
soon as applied. In the spring previous to planting, the soil was 
cultivated but not plowed. The ground was kept free from weeds, 
and the plants were thinned to six inches apart in the rows. 
The date when the roots of each row were of edible size, and the 
number and average weight of the roots harvested were as follows : 





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Crosby’s Early Egyptian -.----------- June 26-.-| 64 40 14 
OTrOwt YP Tine. -<. acer oat oni ie JUGy 1 U en eae 27 1% 
Dark Red Egyptian Turnip .--------- June 80_--| 68 38 14 
Dewing’s Extra Early Turnip-....----|June 29 --- 67 28 14 
Dewing’s Improved Blood Turnip -.-.|June 30 ---| 68 28 18 
Barly Bassano: J.) - 2. se4-s pa thaan d-- July l oe oe 69 27 19 
Early Blood Turnip --.--.------+-.-- JULY Goce 74 26 18 
Keclipse Durnip (Greg:) 22.2 tana June 26 _-- 64 29 16 
Eclipse Turnip (Hens)220fl2. 22-22. June 26 _.- 64 21 29 
Key ptian (Howcroft).2... 2222-22 5euee June 28 _-_- 60 1 24 
Hgyptian (Greg.) -...-,¢2-l--s--4=eqer June 26 -__- 64 28 15. 
Golden ankards. jcinte thle net medi July 3...) 71 27 30 
Pig pGOU 2 O00. se a ce viene ta ae SU Gee a 74 24 13 
Tato ss GiGGUULUrDID/ 2 eae skeen ee June 29 __- 67 11 24 
Landreth’s Very Early Forcing--..-.-- June 380 --- 68 24 29 
Long Smooth Blood -....-¥-. 42-4a- Julyp-n i. 73 25 26 
Long Smooth Blood Red-.-.-----.--.-- Jauuby, 6 56 — oe 73 26 18 
New Dark Egyptian Turnip....---.--- June 26 _-- 63 31 16 
De EEG UTA i reed Ya see lh ial emai a) LY Oe 73 28 19 
Omega 22 ATOR Mee ia we Te July 6_4 -:4 73 27 13 
Perfection wii A Sey ee | alyrenaog 73 32 15 
Philadelphia Early Turnip-.---.------ July Loss 68 21 24 
WViGbOri di aicc te wie Dich tn wee eo anion SUV O oe nee 73 20 33 

