t strongly
resembles some of the Long Blood varieties; but it is not so large, is
much finer in texture, and superior in flavor. It is strictly a garden
or table beet, and, whether for fall or winter use, is well deserving of
cultivation.

RED CASTELNAUDARY. _Trans._

This beet derives its name from a town in the province of Languedoc in
France, where the soil is particularly adapted to the growth of these
vegetables, and where this variety, which is so much esteemed in France
for its nut-like flavor, was originally produced.

The roots grow within the earth. The leaves are thickly clustered around
the crown, spreading on the ground. The longest of the leaf-stems do not
exceed three inches: these and the veins of the leaves are quite purple,
whilst the leaves themselves are green, with only a slight stain of
purple. The root is little more than two inches in diameter at the top,
tapering gradually to the length of nine inches. The flesh, which is of
a deep purple, and exhibits dark rings, preserves its fine color when
boiled, is very tender and sweet, and presents a delicate appearance
when cut in slices.

Being small in its whole habit, it occupies but little space in the
ground, and may be sown closer than other varieties usually are.

Not generally known or much cultivated in this country.

RED GLOBE MANGEL WURZEL.

Betterave Globe Rouge. _Vil._

Root nearly spherical, but tapering to pear-shaped at the base; nearly
one-third produced above ground. Size large; well-grown specimens
measuring seven or eight inches in diameter, and nine or ten inches in
depth. Skin smooth, and of a rich purplish rose-color below ground;
brown above the surface, where exposed to the sun. Flesh white, rarely
circled, with rose-red. Leaves pale green, or yellowish green; the stems
and ribs or nerves sometimes veined with red.

This variety is productive, keeps well, and, like the Yellow Globe, is
well adapted to hard and shallow soils. It is usually cultivated for
agricultural purposes, although the yield is comparatively less than
that of the last named.

In moist soils, the Yellow Globe succeeds best; and, as 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 foregoi