60 KITCHEN-GARDENING, 



roots for winter and spring use, by being taken up in autumn, 

 and preserved either in sand in a cellar, or covered up in pits 

 in a garden, as directed for burying potatoes. 



Although Carrot-seed is naturally small and light, it seldom 

 fails to vegetate in favorable seasons. It, therefore, need not 

 be sown too thick in ground not apt to produce weeds. If a 

 root could be insured to grow unmolested in every instance 

 where a seed may be deposited, two pounds would be more 

 than sufficient for an acre of land. But gardeners generall} 

 use four or five pounds to the acre, in order that the rows may 

 be more easily traced in the event of a luxuriant growth of 

 weeds. To avoid risking an unequal crop in small gardens, 

 half an ounce of seed should be allotted for every pole, perch 

 or rod, or twenty ounces for a rood of land. On light ground, 

 the use of a roller would be beneficial in dry weather, excess 

 of which is detrimental to the germination of Carrot, as well 

 as of all other light seed. 



We herewith give an illustration of a full-grown carrot, 

 before the leaves are removed, for the purpose of stimulating 

 those who have commenced raising a crop of this kind of roots, 

 to persevere in the thorough cultivation of the young plants. 

 Carrots require timely cultivation, while the plants are quite 

 small, before their growth has been checked by weeds. 



As soon as the rows can be discovered, if they are sufficient 

 ly far apart to admit a horse-hoe, let that implement be run 

 between the rows as shallowly as practicable, to cut up the weeds. 

 This should be done when the sun shines, in order to kill every 

 weed that is disturbed. After cultivating with a horse-hoe, go 

 over all the rows with a hand-hoe, drawing the hoe across the 

 drills every eight inches, cutting up every green thing. After 

 this operation is completed, there will be one or more carrots 

 standing among every little cluster of weeds. Immediately 

 after a good shower of rain, summon all hands, and finish 

 weeding the young carrots, which are tender plants, and will 

 not endure bruising like turnips. When the weeds are pulled 

 up, knock off the earth and spread them carefully around the 



