mangold

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The thrower whose mangold lands closest to the Norman is the winner.

From The Guardian • Aug. 12, 2011

If you are so very hungry you can always get a swede or a mangold out of Farmer Eggins's field.

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

Beans and pease are largely grown, while mangold and cabbage and similar green crops are chiefly used for the feeding of sheep.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various

It has been said by some that the rootlets of mangold will reach the drains under them; and, particularly, where the drains contain most water in rapid motion.

From Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles by French, Henry F. (Henry Flagg)

The sun blazed, tree-high, on the flat mangold field across the road.

From Mary Olivier: a Life by Sinclair, May