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Mangelwurzel or mangold wurzel (from German Mangel/Mangold, "chard" and Wurzel, "root"), also called mangold, [1] mangel beet, [1] field beet, [2] fodder beet and (archaic) root of scarcity, [3] [4] [5] is a cultivated root vegetable. It is a variety of Beta vulgaris, [5] the same species that also contains the red beet (beetroot) and sugar ...
Sugar Beet and Beet Sugar. London: Ernest Benn Limited. Dubrunfaut, M. (1825), Art de fabriquer le Sucre de Betteraves (in French), Bachelier, Paris "Present state of the manufacture of sugar from the beetroot in France", The Quarterly journal of science, literature and art, John Murray, London, pp. 252– 263, 1826; Fiset, Louis (1999).
Sugar beets grow exclusively in the temperate zone, in contrast to sugarcane, which grows exclusively in the tropical and subtropical zones. The average weight of a sugar beet ranges between 0.5 and 1 kg (1.1 and 2.2 lb). Sugar beet foliage has a rich, brilliant green color and grows to a height of about 35 cm (14 in).
The beetroot (British English) or beet (North American English) is the taproot portion of a Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris plant in the Conditiva Group. [1] The plant is a root vegetable also known as the table beet , garden beet , dinner beet , or else categorized by color: red beet or golden beet .
These B 1-15 wagons transported sugar beets to the factory from all of Lolland until 1898, when they were sold to the Lolland Railway and operated as LJ Nc 381–395. [3] The railway network on the property was upgraded and expanded in 1894, and a small steam locomotive was purchased from WG Bagnall in Stafford, England. It was replaced by ...
A traditional American jack-o'-lantern, made from a pumpkin, lit from within by a candle A picture carved onto a jack-o'-lantern for Halloween. A jack-o'-lantern (or jack o'lantern) is a carved lantern, most commonly made from a pumpkin, or formerly a root vegetable such as a mangelwurzel, rutabaga or turnip. [1]
The Spreckels Sugar Company was founded by entrepreneur, industrialist, newspaper publisher, and railroad executive Claus Spreckels (1828–1908) in February 1899. He founded the company town of Spreckels, California, just south of the city of Salinas, California, in 1897, but his descendants began to relinquish control when they started selling homes in the community to the public c. 1925.
I find no distinction between Mangelwurzel and Mangel beets. Wright indicates that both mangels and mangel wurzels are the same as mangolds. Wright, Clifford A. (2001) Mediterranean vegetables: a cook's ABC of vegetables and their preparation page 52. It appears that while Mangelwurzel are usually grown for fodder, they can be pleasant when ...