Tractor and trailer tipping Sugar Beet at Gimingham Norfolk Winter
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Ernie Janes / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
B759H2File size:
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3343 x 5018 px | 28.3 x 42.5 cm | 11.1 x 16.7 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
4 January 2009Location:
Norfolk UKMore information:
Sugar beet, cultivated Beta vulgaris, is a plant whose root contains a high concentration of sucrose. It is grown commercially for sugar production. The sugar beet has a conical, white, fleshy root (a taproot) with a flat crown. The plant consists of the root and a rosette of leaves. Sugar is formed through a process of photosynthesis in the leaves, and it is then stored in the root. The root of the beet contains 75% water, about 20% sugar and 5% pulp. The methodical use of sugar beets for the extraction of sugar dates to 1747