VEGETABLES RAISED FOR MARKET 



They will be ready for pulling and bunching 

 about the last week in May (taking for their 

 growth about twice the time of the radishes). 

 At this season, they usually bring, on an average, 

 $1 per dozen bunches, five carrots being put in a 

 bunch, and at this price the crop will bring about 

 $1.50 per sash. 



For the out-door crop there is only one variety 

 that appeals to the market gardener, especially 

 in New England, and that is the Danvers Half 

 Long. 



Seed is sown in the middle of April, the first 

 sowings preferably in beds about five feet wide 

 in order to get the carrots out in time to follow 

 with celery. Sow five rows to each bed. The 

 outside rows on each bed should be pulled first 

 as soon as large enough for bunching in order to 

 have room to set celery plants during July. From 

 the latter part of July the carrots are sold in boxes. 



The latter sowings for late summer and fall or 

 winter use are sowed in drills about one foot 

 apart. 



CAULIFLOWER (Brassica oleracea botrytis). The 

 culture of this crop involves much painstaking 

 labour. When grown in large quantities they 



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