BERTIE 2002

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	23 October 2002
	BERTIE has been analysed in the laboratory today. The results are:
	Clean root weight Sugar content		1480g 17.9% 265g 66 sachets

		22 October 2002 (2276 day degrees since sowing)
	Click for larger image	BERTIE was harvested today! As is befitting for a superstar beet, BERTIE was individually harvested, topped and analysed. His neighbours that are left in the field will be harvested and topped by our beet harvester, before being processed in our tarehouse.
	Click for larger image	At 10am, using a traditional 2 pronged beet fork, Stephen Goward (Field Trials Manager here at Broom's Barn) lifted BERTIE from the ground.	Click for larger image
	Click for larger image	BERTIE is presented to the world. There are no signs of pest or disease damage to the root and he is a normal size and shape.	Click for larger image
	Click for larger image	A photographer from the East Anglian Daily Times was present to photograph the event.
	Stephen then topped BERTIE (removed the root crown and leaves using a traditional beet knife).		Click for larger image
	Click for larger image	Once we had washed the mud from BERTIE, we weighed him. His clean weight was 1.48kg.
	Click for larger image	BERTIE was chipped so that it could be analysed.	Click for larger image Click for larger image
	Click for larger image	The chips were then liquidised into a brei (pulp).	Click for larger image
	Click for larger image	Some of the brei was then placed into this tray, ready for freezing. The frozen brei will then be analysed to determine the sugar and nutrient content of BERTIE.
		7 October 2002 (2196 day degrees since sowing)
	Click for larger image	BERTIE's rust problem has not got worse. Since we visited last week the disease has not developed significantly.

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