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From Professor Maercker's ninth report the following table has been

compiled, showing the character of some of the different varieties of

beets investigated :

Contparative mean results of Professor MaerTcer^s experiments in 1888.

Sugar

in the

beet.

Siigfir

in the

juice.

Purity

quo-

tient.

Yield

of beets

per

acre.

Yield

nfanjiar

per

acre.

No. of

beets

per

acre.

Sugar beets of Vibiiorin origin :

Gebr. Dippo's zuckerrcirliste ]5lite

Heine-Emersleben vorbusserte Viluiorin

Schreiber & Sohn Origiii.al

Knocbe-Wallwitz, Viluioiiu

Mette Vilraorin

Strandes Vibiiorin

Scblitte-Aumiihle Vilmorin

Grasshofif-Quedlinburg Vilmorin

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Means

Sugar beets of Klein-Wanzlebener origin:

Geiir. Dippe's verbesserte Klein-Wanzlebener

ifilite

Knoclie-Wallwitz Klein-Wanzlebener

Kortuni-Sondershausen Klein-Wanzlebener

Klein-Wanzlebener Original

Heine-Eniersleben Klciu- Wanzlebener

Neu-Querfnrter Riibe

Grassbofl-Qiiedlinburg Klein- WanzloViener

BranneBieudoif Klien-Wanzlebener

Schreiber & Sohn Klein-Wanzlebener

Kimpau Schlanstedt Klein-Wanzlebener

Wilke Gr.-Mohi'ingen Klein-Wanzlebener

Ziemann-Quedlinburtr Klein- Wauzlebenor

Strandes-Zehringen Klein-Wanzlebener

Means

Sugar beets of other strains:

Bestehorn-Beli tz Dividenden

Mette Specialitiit

Bniune-Biendorf Kreuzung

Schlieckman-Auleben Specialitiit

Means

Per ct.

15. 9R

15.70

15.4!)

15.48

15.37

15.22

15.04

14.82

Per ct.

18.15

17.81