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roots of reel, white, or yellow colour, some short, 

 some of moderate length, others very long. These 

 varieties are fixed for the most part, and constitute 

 races that do not vary. In the same paper it is 

 mentioned that M. Carriere, from the seed of the 

 wild carrot, gathered by himself in the department 



In Belgium and other continental countries the 

 carrot has been grown as a field-crop for a longer 

 time, and to a much greater extent, than in Britain^ 

 The first notice we have of its being introduced 

 into our field-culture to any great extent is by 

 Arthur Young, who mentions its being grown in 



Fig. 1G5. Wild Carrot {Daucus Carofa). 



of Aube, far away from any residence and in com. 

 paratively inacccssib'e situations, obtained in the 

 first generation long, spindle-shaped, soft, fibreless 

 roots, some of which were white, others yellow, and 

 some n'ere even of a reddish violet colour. And as 

 with carrots so also with parsnips. 



the sandy soil of the eastern division of Suffolk, 

 whence it had in all probability been introduced 

 from the opposite shores of Belgium and Holland, 

 In the year 1765 the attention of the Society for 

 the Encouragement of Arts, &c., was directed to 

 this branch of husbandry, and in consequence, au 



