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its quality is
considered superior, it is now more generally cultivated than the Red.
WHITE GLOBE MANGEL WURZEL.
A sub-variety of the Yellow and Red Globe, which, in form and
manner of growth, it much resembles. Skin above ground, green; below,
white. Leaves green. Flesh white and sugary; but, like the foregoing
sorts, not fine grained, or suited for table use.
Productive, easily harvested, excellent and profitable for farm purposes,
and remarkably well adapted for cultivation in hard, shallow soil.
WHITE SUGAR.
White Silesian. Betterave Blanche. Vil.
[Illustration: White Sugar Beet.]
Root fusiform, sixteen inches in length, six or seven inches in its
greatest diameter, contracted towards the crown, thickest just below the
surface of the soil, but nearly retaining its size for half the depth, and
thence tapering regularly to a point. Skin white, washed with green or
rose-red at the crown. Flesh white, crisp, and very sugary. Leaves green;
the leaf-stems clear green, or green stained with light red, according to
the variety.
The White Sugar Beet is quite extensively grown in this country, and is
employed almost exclusively as feed for stock; although the young
roots are sweet, tender, and well flavored, and in all respects superior
for the table to many garden varieties. In France, it is largely cultivated
for the manufacture of sugar and for distillation.
Of the two sub-varieties, some cultivators prefer the Green-top; others,
the Rose-colored or Red-top. The latter is the larger, more productive,

and the better keeper; but the former is the more sugary. It is, however,
very difficult to preserve the varieties in a pure state; much of the seed
usually sown containing, in some degree, a mixture of both.
It is cultivated in all respects as the Long Red Mangel Wurzel, and the
yield per acre varies from twenty to thirty tons.
WHITE TURNIP-ROOTED.
A variety of the Early Turnip-rooted Blood, with green leaves and
white flesh; the size and form of the root, and season of maturity, being
nearly the same. Quality tender, sweet, and well flavored; but, on
account of its color, not so marketable as the last named.
WYATT'S DARK CRIMSON.
Whyte's Dark Crimson. Rouge de Whyte. Vil.
Root sixteen inches long, five inches in diameter, fusiform, and
somewhat angular in consequence of broad and shallow longitudinal
furrows or depressions. Crown conical, brownish. Skin smooth,
slate-black. Flesh very deep purplish-red, circled and rayed with yet
deeper shades of red, very fine-grained, and remarkably sugary. Leaves
deep red, shaded with brownish-red: those of the centre, erect; those of
the outside, spreading or horizontal.
The variety is not early, but of fine quality; keeps remarkably well, and
is particularly recommended for cultivation for winter and spring use.
Much esteemed in England.
YELLOW CASTELNAUDARY. Trans. Vil.
Root produced within the earth, broadest at the crown, where its
diameter is nearly three inches, and tapering gradually to a point; the
length being about eight inches. Skin orange-yellow. Flesh clear yellow,
with paler zones or rings. Leaves spreading, those on the outside being
on stems about four inches in length; the inner ones are shorter,
numerous, of a dark-green color, and rather waved on the edges: the

leaf-stems are green, rather than yellow.
An excellent table-beet, being tender, yet firm, and very sweet when
boiled, although its color is not so agreeable to the eye.
YELLOW GLOBE MANGEL WURZEL.
Betterave Jaune Globe. Vil.
[Illustration: Yellow Globe Mangel Wurzel.]
This is a globular-formed beet, measuring about ten inches in diameter,
and weighing ten or twelve pounds; about one-half of the root growing
above ground. Skin yellow, where it is covered by the soil; and
yellowish-brown above the surface, where exposed to light and air.
Flesh white, zoned or marked with yellow, close-grained and sugary.
Leaves not large or numerous, rather erect, green; the stems and ribs
paler, and sometimes yellowish.
The Yellow Globe is one of the most productive of all the varieties; and,
though not adapted to table use, is particularly excellent for stock of all
descriptions, as the roots are not only remarkably sugary, but contain a
considerable portion of albumen. It retains its soundness and freshness
till the season has far advanced, does not sprout so early in spring as
many others, and is especially adapted for cultivation in hard, shallow
soil.
The yield varies from thirty to forty tons per acre, according to soil,
season, and culture; although crops are recorded of fifty tons and
upwards.
Sow from the last of April to the last of May; but early sowings
succeed best. If sown in drills, they should be made twenty inches apart,
and the plants should be thinned to ten inches apart in the drills; if sown
on ridges, sow in double rows, making the ridges three feet and a half,
and the rows sixteen inches apart. On account