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GARDENING FOR PROFIT. 



range from $1.50 to 62.50 per barrel, according to quality, 

 and at these prices will yield double the profit of Pota- 

 toes, as a farm crop. 



The varieties in general cultivation are limited. The 

 favorite variety for all purposes is the 



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^=t-' , -_ Long Orange. — This is equally adapted 



ij| jjl for garden or farm culture ; it is of large 



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size, fair specimens averaging 12 inches in 

 length-, "with a diameter of 3 

 inches at the top ; color orange- 

 red, varying in depth of shade S 

 in different soils. 



In 



Early Horn. — An old and 11 



favorite sort for an early crop, f 



but not large enough to be * 



suitable for general culture. 



It is the variety that is sold in 



our markets bunched up in the 



green state. It matures its root 



eight or ten days earlier than 



the preceding. It is also more tender, and 



is more valued than any other for culinary 



use. It may be crown closer than the 

 Fig. 37.— long J to 



orange carrot. Long Orange, as its foliage is much shorter. 



Early French Horn. — This variety is used only for 

 forcing in hot-beds or vegetable forcing house, its small 

 foliage and short root, not unlike the Turnip Radish in 

 shape, rendering it especially suitable for growing under 

 glass. It is not yet very generally grown for market, thus 

 forced, but what few have been grown, were quickly sold 



F1g.38 — EARI/T 

 HORN' CARROT. 



