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VEGETABLE GARDENING 



autumn and grown in a greenhouse or in a box in a sunny 

 window for a winter supply. The demand is quite limited. 

 It is sold in small bunches and may be found in the larger 

 markets at any season of the year. It seldom comes 

 through our winters safely when left exposed outdoors, 

 but sometimes does so when well protected. 



The varieties commonly grown are the Double Curled 

 and Fine Leaved, either of which makes a border that is 

 pretty enough for a flower garden, and it is often used as 

 an edging for small kitchen gardens. 



CARROTS (Daucus carota) 



Description. Native of Europe. A biennial. In the 

 wild state this root is valueless, being slender and woody, 



and the plant is a bad 

 weed. Under cultivation 

 it exhibits the widest dif- 

 ference in shape, size, and 

 color. Some kinds have 

 roots that are broader 

 than long and extend 

 not over two or three 

 inches in the ground, 

 while others attain a 

 length of two feet, and 

 still others may be found 

 having the various in- 

 termediate forms between 

 these extremes. There are 

 also varieties having red, 



white, or yellow flesh. The leaves are very much divided 

 and deeply cut. The flowers are white and crowded to- 

 gether in compound umbels on stalks two to five feet high. 



Fig. 99. Carrot plant in flower. 



