16 The Bulletin. 



CARROTS. 



Carrots are not grown extensively for shipment, but there is usually 

 a limited demand for this vegetable on most local markets. As a rule, 

 two types are grown : those for spring and early summer use, and those 

 grown as a main crop for use in the winter. 



The best soil for carrots is a rich loam. They will not do well on a 

 dry, hard soil, or one that is too heavy. If the land is not naturally 

 mellow, it should be made so by deep plowing, thorough tillage, and the 

 addition of plenty of vegetable matter. 



Being a hardy plant, the early varieties of carrots may be sown 

 as soon as the soil is in good condition in the spring. The seeds are 

 small and germinate slowly, and unless the land has been well prepared 

 and free from weeds, the young plants are likely to suffer. Plantings 

 are made in drills from 18 inches to 2 feet apart, depending upon 

 the variety and method of cultivating. Seed should be sown thickly to 

 allow for any failure in germination. Two pounds of seed will plant 

 an ncre. Sometimes radishes, turnips, or other quick-germinating 

 seeds are planted with carrots in order to mark the rows and break 

 any soil crust that may have formed. These plants are taken out when 

 the carrots are thinned. Early varieties are thinned to 4 or 5 inches 

 apart in the row and large late varieties to 7 or 8 inches. 



iNTearly all soils require generous fertilization in order to produce a 

 paying crop of carrots. A fertilizer containing about 5 per cent nitro- 

 gen, 6 per cent available phosphoric acid, and 9 per cent actual potash, 

 when applied at the rate of from 1,000 to 1,500 pounds per acre, should 

 produce profitable results. Do not use stable manure directly on the 

 crop, as "rot" is apt to develop on the roots. Manure can best be 

 applied to preceding crops. 



Among the leading varieties most commonly grown are the 



OxHEART OR GuERANDE. — A good all-scasou carrot ; orange red, smooth, 

 and handsome; thick and stump-rooted, about 6 inches long; a rapid 

 grower of fine quality. 



Danvers. — A fine half-long, cylindrical, stump-rooted variety of good 

 size and of a rich, dark orange color. It is a first-class carrot for all 

 soils, being smooth, with a flesh very close in texture and having very 

 little core. 



Long Orange: — A popular variety for either garden or field culture, 

 roots averaging 12 inches in length and 3 inches in diameter at the top ; 

 very productive and a good keeper. 



CELERY. 



While celery gives best results on cool, very rich and very moist — 

 not wet — loams, or muck soils, a small supply for home use may be 

 successfully grown on quite a variety of good soils. It is useless 

 to try to grow celery on poor, dry uplands, unless much care has 

 been given to enriching and preparing the land and means are at 



