CARROTS 



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and between i and 2 in. thick, the skin being 

 deep scarlet, while the shape is cylindrical or long 

 top-shaped, abruptly ending in a thread-like rootlet. 

 It may be grown in hot-beds in the same way as French 

 Forcing Carrot, but does not mature so quickly. 

 4. Half-long Scarlet Carentan. This is an early 



FIG. 25. SCARLET OR DUTCH HORN 

 CARROT. 



FIG. 26. SCARLET 

 CARENTAN CARROT. 



and finely coloured Carrot, excellent for later forced 

 crops or for first crops in the open. The roots are 

 narrowly cylindrical, suddenly ending in a thread-like 

 tail (fig. 26). 



5. Half- long Nantes Scarlet Carrot (syns. : " Carotte 

 rouge demi-longue nantaise," " Carotte sans cceur "). 

 This tender and fine-flavoured Carrot is good for 

 early crops in the open air, but is scarcely profitable 

 enough for forcing. The roots are bluntly cylindrical 



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