CARROT 



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blunt varieties are often annual plants, the roots not 

 keeping well when out of the ground; they are used 

 for forcing and for early and late outdoor sowings. The 

 long, pointed, coarse varieties are now used chiefly for 

 stock. Pests and diseases, reported troublesome abroad, 

 are as yet insignificant 

 with us. 



Soil should be rich, 

 light, not given to bak- 

 ing, and in good tilth. 

 The soil should not 

 have been recently ma- 

 nured except for the 

 short varieties. 



Distances. Rows 

 twelve to eighteen inches 

 apart, according to va- 

 riety. 



Depth. One inch or 

 less. 



Sow, for earliest 

 crop, the short varieties 

 as soon as the ground is 

 fit; for succession, the 

 long and half-long varieties soon after, early in May. 

 June sowings of the half-long varieties may be followed 

 by July sowings of the early kinds ; these will not keep 

 well, but the others may be stored for winter. Sow 



Fig. 35. Short Carrots, used for the 

 early and late crops. 



