Hoy hoy! A fine sunny day of 38F from Kakabekastan, Canada near Lake Superior. (and 14 inches of snow on ground) Our Huber gang from Bangert did not mention sugar beets to my recollection, but did refer to sunflowers seeds and sunflower oil plants in Bangert, c1890. Our Huber grandparents, settled on land east of Winnipeg at Lydiatt, (aka Eugenfeld, and St Ouens) brought watermelon seeds among others. regards Cliff Huber Volga ancestral families from 1766 to 1900: Huber, Heinz, Otto, Steinhauer, Wagonleiter, Pineckenstein ps - All the best, Paul.