ticularly 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 of its globular form, the
crop can be harvested with great facility by the use of a common plough.

YELLOW TURNIP-ROOTED.

A sub-variety of the Blood Turnip-rooted, differing principally in
color, but to some extent also in its form, which is les