BEET  , a cultivated See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the plant Beta vulgaris (natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order Chenopodiaceae), which grows See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild on the coasts of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa and See also:

• ASIA

Asia as far as See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . It is a biennial, producing, like the See also:

• CARROT

carrot, a thick, fleshy tap-See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root during the first See also:

• YEAR

year and a branched, leafy, flowering See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem in the following See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season . The small, See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers are See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne in clusters . A considerable number of varieties are cultivated for use on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of their large fleshy roots, under the names of mangel-wurzel or mangold, See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field-beet and See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden-beet . The cultivation of beet in relation to the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of See also:

• SUGAR

sugar, for which purpose certain varieties of beet stand next in importance to the sugar See also:

• CANE

cane, is dealt with under SUGAR . The garden-beet has been cultivated from very remote times as a See also:

• SALAD (Med. Lat. salata, salted, pickled, salare, to sprinkle with salt)

salad plant, and for See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general use as a table See also:

• VEGETABLE

vegetable . The variety most generally grown has See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, tapering, carrot-shaped roots, the " flesh " of which is of a See also:

• UNIFORM

uniform deep red See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour throughout, and the leaves brownish red . It is boiled and cut into slices for being eaten See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold; and it is also prepared as a See also:

• PICKLE

pickle, as well as in various other forms . Beet is in much more See also:

• COMMON

common use on the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent of Europe as a culinary vegetable than in See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, where it has, however, been cultivated for upwards of two centuries . The See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white beet, Beta cicla, is cultivated for the leaves, which are used as See also:

• SPINACH (Spinacia oleracea)

spinach . The midribs and stalks of the leaves are also stewed and eaten as See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-kale, under the name of Swiss See also:

• CHARD
• CHARD, JOHN ROUSE MERRIOTT (1847-1897)

chard . B. cicla is also largely used as a decorative plant for its large, handsome leaves, See also:

• BLOOD

blood red or variegated in colour .

The beet prospers in a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich deep See also:

• SOIL

soil, well pulverized by the See also:

• SPADE

spade . If manure is required, it should be deposited at the bottom of the See also:

• TRENCH, RICHARD CHENEVIX (1807-1886)

trench in preparing the ground . The seeds should be sown in drills f s ins. asunder, in See also:

• APRIL

April or See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in May, and the See also:

• PLANTS

plants are afterwards to be thinned to about 8 in. apart in the lines, but not more, as moderate-sized roots are preferable . The plants should grow on till the end of See also:

• OCTOBER

October or later, when a portion should be taken up for use, and the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest laid in in a sheltered corner, and covered up from See also:

• FROST (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch, vorst, Ger. Frost, from the common Teutonic verb meaning " to freeze," Dutch, vriezcn, Ger. frieren; the Indo-European root is seen in Lat. pruina, hoar-frost, cf. prurire, to itch, burn, pruna, burning coal, Sans
• FROST, WILLIAM EDWARD (1810–1877)

frost . The roots must not be bruised and the leaves must be See also:

• TWISTED

twisted off—not closely cut, as they are then liable to bleed . In the north the See also:

• CROP (a word common. in various forms, such as Germ. Kropf, to many Teutonic languages for a swelling, excrescence, round head or top of anything; it appears also in Romanic languages derived from Teutonic, in Fr. as troupe, whence the English " crupper "

crop may be wholly taken up in autumn, and stored in a See also:

• PIT (O. E. pytt, cognate with Du. put, Ger. Pfutze, &c., all ultimately adaptations of Lat. puteus, well, formed from root pu-, to cleanse, whence gurus, clean, pure)

pit or cellar, beyond reach of frost . If it is desired to have fresh roots early, the seeds should be sown at the end of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February or beginning of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March; and if a See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession is required, a few more may be sown by the end of March .