The field and garden vegetables of America: containing full descriptions of nearly eleven hundred species and varieties; with directions for propagation, culture, and use . is nearly three inches, and tapering gra-dually to a point; the length being about eight inches. Skinorange-yellow. Flesh clear yellow, with paler zones or rings^Leaves spreading, those on the outside being on stems aboutfour inches in length; the inner ones are shorter, numerous,of a dark-green color, and rather waved on the edges : theleaf-stems are green, rather than yellow. An excellent table-beet, being tender, yet fir
The field and garden vegetables of America: containing full descriptions of nearly eleven hundred species and varieties; with directions for propagation, culture, and use . is nearly three inches, and tapering gra-dually to a point; the length being about eight inches. Skinorange-yellow. Flesh clear yellow, with paler zones or rings^Leaves spreading, those on the outside being on stems aboutfour inches in length; the inner ones are shorter, numerous,of a dark-green color, and rather waved on the edges : theleaf-stems are green, rather than yellow. An excellent table-beet, being tender, yet firm, and verysweet when boiled, although its color is not so agreeable tothe eye. Yellow Globe Mangel Jaune Globe. is a globular-formed beet,measuring about ten inches in dia-meter, and weighing ten or twelvepounds ; about one-half of the rootgrowing above ground. Skin yel-low, where it is covered by the soil;and yellowish-brown above the sur-face, where exposed to light and white, zoned or marked withyellow, close-grained and not large or numerous, rathererect, green; the stems and ribspaler, and sometimes ? Olnh,. Manpl Wurzel. 20 ESCULENT HOOTS. The Yellow Globe is one of the most productive of all thevarieties; and, though not adapted to table use, is particularlyexcellent for stock of all descriptions, as the roots are notonly remarkably sugary, but contain a considerable portion ofalbumen. It retains its soundness and freshness till theseason has far advanced, does not sprout so early in spring asmany others, and is especially adapted for cultivation inhard, shallow soil. The yield varies from thirty to forty tons per acre, accord-ing to soil, season, and culture; although crops are recordedof fifty tons and upwards.# Sow from the last of April to the last of May; but earlysowings succeed best. If sown in drills, they should be madetwenty inches apart, and the plants should be thinned to teninches apart in the dr
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