20 SEPTEMBER 1919, Page 15

(To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.")

Sot,—What does Mr. H. W. H. Green mean by his letter on the subject of mangold-wurzel? He has the word " mangel- wurzel," and says it is good German. I should like to know what it means and where it is used. Mangoldwursel is, I believe, the usual German for red beet, and has, I believe, been used for many years in English. Bellew's German Dictionary gives Mangold as the German for beet. Bottgers Worterbuch is the same.—I am, Sir, &c., Witsos 19 Highfield Road, Edgbaston.