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varieties will grow all summer, and for this reason it 

 may be better to have the rows eighteen or twenty 

 inches apart, to give more room for cultivation. When 

 grown for stock, the rows are usually placed two and a 

 half feet apart, to admit of cultivation by horse power. 



Culture. Carrots germinate slowly, so that they are 

 sometimes hindered in coming up by a crust formed 

 after rain. A few radish seeds planted in the row will 

 help break the crust, and mark the row so that cultiva- 

 tion may begin before the carrots come up. 



Pull all weeds out of the row by hand before they are 

 large enough to loosen the carrot roots when weeding. 

 Keep a dust mulch around the roots, to retain moisture, 

 but do not hill up ; it is natural for some varieties to 

 make considerable root growth aboveground. 



Succession. Provide for a succession by buying several 

 kinds of seed and by sowing a number of times. The early 

 varieties should be sown at intervals of two weeks. 



Cold frame. Sow early carrots in a cold frame in March, 

 in rows six inches apart, and thin to two inches apart in 

 the row. The temperature should be from 50 to 60 degrees. 



Storage. Store the late varieties in sand in the cellar, 

 in pits, or in cold frames. 



THE CAULIFLOWER 



The cauliflower is more tender than the cabbage ; it 

 requires a moist climate. In localities where the summers 

 are dry and hot it should be started early, so that it will 



