Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 10th May, 1887
Complete Left, 13th Jan., 1888
Complete Accepted, 17th Feb., 1888
The present invention relates to a method of enriching seed plants with alimentary
substances in a mechanical and effectual manner and it has for its object to improve
the seed produced from such plants.
This method is based on the fact that the character and properties of plants are
hereditary the same as those of mankind and animals, which fact is amply proved
by the improvements in the growing of the sugar beet by using beet roots rich in
sugar for the growing of seed.
The enriching of the beet root or other plants can be effected quickly in a
mechanical manner by enriching the seed plant with those alimentary substances
which correspond with the use of the plant, such as sugar or amylaceous or nitro-
genous substances. These substances are placed in a hollow made in the root of the
plant, for instance in the sugar beet the hollow is filled with sand containing fifty
per cent. of sugar, instead of the sand any other suitable material not affecting the
root may be used.
Instead of the dry crystaline sugar also a solution containing 35 to 40 per cent. of
sugar may be used but in every case the hollow must be closed with clay. The sugar
thus introduced is gradually absorbed by the root enriching the same and from the
seed grown from these roots a root of a higher class regarding percentage in sugar is..
It does not matter whether the sugar contained in the seed plant was grown
therein or introduced artificially.
grown.
Other vegetables, serving as human or animal food such as beets for feeding,
vegetables, bulbous and tuberous plants are treated in the same manner only that
nitrogenous or if desired amylaceous substances are added to the sugar.
Dated this 10th day of May 1887

page_text: I, FERDINAND KNAUER, of Groebers, in the Empire of Germany, Seed-grower,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The present invention relates to a method of enriching seed plants with alimentary
substances in a mechanical and effectual manner and it has for its object to improve
the seed produced from such plants.
This method is based on the fact that the character and properties of plants are
hereditary the same as those of mankind and animals, which fact is amply proved
by the improvements in the growing of the sugar-beet by using beet roots rich in
sugar for the growing of seed.
The enriching of the beet root or other plants can be effected quickly in a
mechanical manner by enriching the seed plant with those alimentary substances
which correspond with the use of the plant, such as sugar or amylaceous or nitro-
genous substances, either singly or in combination. These substances are placed in a
hollow made in the root of the plant, for instance in the sugar beet the hollow is
filled with sugar or with sand containing 50 per cent. of sugar if the opening be
made too large, instead of the sand any other suitable material, not affecting the root
may be used.
Instead of the dry crystalline sugar also a solution containing preferably about 35
to 40 per cent. of sugar may be used, but in every case the hollow must be closed
with clay or equivalent material. The sugar thus introduced is gradually absorbed
by the root enriching the same and from the seed grown from these roots a root of a
higher class regarding percentage in sugar is grown. It does not matter whether
the sugar contained in the seed plant was grown therein or introduced artificially.
Other vegetables, serving as human or animal food such as beets for feeding,
vegetables, bulbous and tuberous plants, are treated in the same manner only that
nitrogenous or if desired amylaceous substances are added to the sugar.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I claim is :-
:-
The enriching of seed plants serving as human or animal food, by the
mechanical introduction of sugar, amylaceous, nitrogenous or similar alimentary
substances (singly or in combination) into these seed plants for the purpose specified.
Dated this 13th day of January 1888.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents.