VEGETABLES RAISED FOR MARKET 



in a row as close as they can stand; then turn up 

 the earth with the plough against the row. Be 

 careful not to cover the head, but make the earth 

 firm around the roots. Then with a shovel 

 square down the bank thus made, and place 

 another row; this will be about eight or ten inches 

 from the first; and so continue until all are set out. 

 Another way is to place the cabbages head down- 

 ward on the ground, and cover the heads and 

 stumps with dirt, then adding hay or something 

 similar to keep out the frost. This protection 

 should also be given in banking up by the other 

 method. Put on enough to be sure that they 

 will not freeze solid. If frozen about half through, 

 they are not injured, and will keep quite well. 

 In some of the houses where cabbages are stored, 

 they are placed head down on the shelf, laid 

 as close as possible, and only one deep. The 

 temperature is kept at about the freezing point. 



CARROT (Daucus carotd) has become during 

 the past ten or fifteen years one of the principal 

 market gardening crops. This has doubtless 

 been brought about by the increase of foreign 

 population. 



Carrots require a very finely pulverized and por- 

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