. Agricultural botany, theoretical and practical. Botany, Economic; Botany. 362 CHENOPODIACE^ The mangel first selected for improvement was a White Silesian variety (Fig. 115, A), which may be considered as the parent of all the chief varieties now grown. Sugar-beets are comparatively small, the best weighing about IJ to 2^ lbs., and of conical or elongated pear shape. Unlike the ordinary mangels the sugar-beets have their thickened ' roots' entirely buried in the soil, those with large ' necks' above ground being less valuable in many ways and poorer in Please note that these images a
. Agricultural botany, theoretical and practical. Botany, Economic; Botany. 362 CHENOPODIACE^ The mangel first selected for improvement was a White Silesian variety (Fig. 115, A), which may be considered as the parent of all the chief varieties now grown. Sugar-beets are comparatively small, the best weighing about IJ to 2^ lbs., and of conical or elongated pear shape. Unlike the ordinary mangels the sugar-beets have their thickened ' roots' entirely buried in the soil, those with large ' necks' above ground being less valuable in many ways and poorer in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Percival, John, 1863-1949. New York, H. Holt
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