11To George Washington from Bezaleel Howe, July 1783 (Washington Papers)
To Beets 4/6. To 7 Dozn Eggs 7/.Beets 5/6
12From George Washington to Elizabeth French Dulany, 23 November 1785 (Washington Papers)
a kind of coarse beet used in Europe to feed cattle, which seems an...
13April [1788] (Washington Papers)
, mangel-wurzel. A large coarse beet grown chiefly as a food for cattle, this plant...
14[Diary entry: 7 April 1788] (Washington Papers)
, mangel-wurzel. A large coarse beet grown chiefly as a food for cattle, this plant...
15To George Washington from Benjamin Rush, 26 April 1788 (Washington Papers)
...agreed in its being a mongrel Species of the Beet. Dr Lettsom has called it the “Beta hebrida....
16From George Washington to Francis Adrian Van der Kemp, 27 September 1788 (Washington Papers)
...wurzel, root of scarcity) is a large coarse beet. Grown primarily as food for livestock, it...
17Farm Reports: Statement of Crops for 1789 (Washington Papers)
...mangel-wurzel) is a coarse beet grown primarily as cattle fodder. For additional information...
18Seed Order for James Madison, Sr., 26 March 1791 (Madison Papers)
Red Beet
19To George Washington from Richard Peters, 23 July 1794 (Washington Papers)
...of Garden Vegetables—For Turnips, Cabbages, Melons, Beets—Peases—it answers well. I have also...
20John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, 20 July 1800 (Adams Papers)
...lately made here for producing sugar from beets, of which I believe you heard... ...of beets...