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BEET , a cultivated See also: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 on the coasts of See also:Europe, See also:North See also:Africa and See also:Asia as far as See also:India. It is a biennial, producing, like the See also:carrot, a thick, fleshy tap-See also:root during the first See also:year and a branched, leafy, flowering See also:stem in the following See also:season. The small, See also:green See also:flowers are See also:borne in clusters. A considerable number of varieties are cultivated for use on See also: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-beet. The cultivation of beet in relation to the See also:production of See also:sugar, for which purpose certain varieties of beet stand next in importance to the sugar See also:cane, is dealt with under SUGAR. The garden-beet has been cultivated from very remote times as a See also:salad plant, and for See also:general use as a table See also:vegetable. The variety most generally grown has See also:long, tapering, carrot-shaped roots, the " flesh " of which is of a See also:uniform deep red See also:colour throughout, and the leaves brownish red. It is boiled and cut into slices for being eaten See also:cold; and it is also prepared as a See also:pickle, as well as in various other forms. Beet is in much more See also:common use on the See also:continent of Europe as a culinary vegetable than in See also:Great See also: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. The midribs and stalks of the leaves are also stewed and eaten as See also:sea-kale, under the name of Swiss See also:chard. B. cicla is also largely used as a decorative plant for its large, handsome leaves, See also:blood red or variegated in colour.
The beet prospers in a See also:rich deep See also:soil, well pulverized by the See also:spade. If manure is required, it should be deposited at the bottom of the See also:trench in preparing the ground. The seeds should be sown in drills f s ins. asunder, in See also:April or See also:early in May, and the See also: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 or later, when a portion should be taken up for use, and the See also: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 off—not closely cut, as they are then liable to bleed. In the north the See also: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 or beginning of See also:March; and if a See also:succession is required, a few more may be sown by the end of March.
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