Beet Botanical Art

Beet
Beta vulgaris L.

Beet Botanical Art

Fig. 1

Beta vulgaris L. var. rubra
Hortus Romanus juxta Systema Tournefortianum, (1783-1816), Giorgio Bonelli

Annual catalogue of seeds and bulbs, 1896

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Annual catalogue of seeds and bulbs, 1896
O. W. Clark and Son

112 superb varieties for market gardeners season of 1926

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112 superb varieties for market gardeners season of 1926
Francis C. Stokes and Co.

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112 superb varieties for market gardeners season of 1926
Francis C. Stokes and Co.

Peter Henderson & Co's seed catalogue: 1875

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Peter Henderson and Co's seed catalogue: 1875

postage stamp depicting sugar beet

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First Day of Issue: 1992-03-12
Depicting a sugar beet

Beta vulgaris L

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Beta vulgaris L., Atlas des plantes de France. 1891, Amédée Masclef

Grow More Sugar Beets poster

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Grow More Sugar Beets
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Created between 1941 and 1945

...camouflaged in a beet field during an exercise near Arras

...camouflaged in a beet field during an exercise near Arras

Fig. 9

The British Army in France 1939.
A Bren gunner of 13/18th Royal Hussars
camouflaged in a beet field during an exercise near Arras, 16 October 1939

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Fig. ¹Bonelli, Giorgio. Beta vulgaris L. var. rubra [as Beta rubra]. 1783-1816. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Hortus Romanus juxta Systema Tournefortianum, vol. 8: t. 47, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=295763. Accessed 12 Sept. 2018.
Fig. ²The Market Gardeners Beets, Annual catalogue of seeds and bulbs, p. 6, O. W. Clark and Son, 1896, Biodiversity Heritage Library, doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.87745. Accessed 15 Aug. 2018.
Fig. ^3,4 Beet, 112 Superb Varieties For Market Gardeners Season Of 1926, pp. 7-8, Francis C. Stokes, Biodiversity Heritage Library, doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.68866. Accessed 15 Aug. 2018.
Fig. ⁵Peter Henderson and Co's seed catalogue, p. 56, Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection, 1875, Biodiversity Heritage Library, doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.77745. Accessed 18 Aug. 2018.
Fig.⁶Jahrestag der Gründung des Zuckerinstitutes Berlin, 1992, Deutsche Bundespost, Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DBP_1992_1599-R.JPG. Accessed 20 Aug. 2018.
Fig.⁷Masclef, Amédée. Beta vulgaris L., 1891. Atlas des Plantes de France, Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:276_Beta_vulgaris_L.jpg. Accessed 20 Aug. 2018.
Fig. ⁸Grow More Sugar Beets, 1941-1945, National Archives at College Park, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22Grow_More_Sugar_Beets%22_-_NARA_-_514423.tif. Accessed 20 Aug. 2018.
Fig. ⁹ Keating, Geoffrey. A Bren gunner of 13/18th Royal Hussars camouflaged in a beet field during an exercise near Arras, 16 October 1939, The British Army in France 1939, Imperial War Museum (IWM), IWM Non Commercial Licence, media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/47/966/large_000000.jpg. Accessed 12 Aug. 2018.

Published 1 Dec. 2018 KJ