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the next spring add as many more, the land to be well ploughed, 

 and the manure well incorporated, and then prepared the same 

 as it should be for wheat, oats, or barley, and there will be no 

 mistake about a reasonable quantity of carrots being grown, if 

 they are as well cared for as a corn crop should be. In short, 

 there is no land in Worcester county that will grow good corn, 

 but with deep culture, will grow carrots in proportion, if culti- 

 vated for such crop as it should be, deep and well manured, 

 and without this neither crop will pay. 



Is there more than one kind of field carrots ? There is. 

 The best kinds are the long Orange Altringham and the White. 

 The white with me was formerly most prolific, but of late it 

 has been inclined to go to seed, like the ruta baga, and wants 

 to be newly imported from its native country. The long or- 

 ange and the long red are now the staple kinds for our culti- 

 vation. 



In answer to your question, where do you get your seed ? 

 This is a hard question to answer. I have bought it in Boston, 

 Worcester, and elsewhere, but I am sorry to say, that I have but 

 little confidence in the ability and good judgment of any of 

 our seedsmen in New England ; this ought not so to be ; we 

 ought to have entire confidence in the men ; they ought to 

 make this a business exclusive of any other ; they should be 

 men of practical knowledge in their business, should know 

 whether the pumpkin, the squash, and cucumber, are the better 

 for being kept for years in a dry suitable situation before plant- 

 ing, or used the next spring, as is usually the case with our 

 American gardenets, if any we have. The English gardener, 

 if he is compelled to use these seeds so new, carries them in his 

 vest pocket or about his person, for days or weeks, that they 

 may mature and be fit to entrust to the earth for a sure crop. 



They should be responsible men, so that when they sell seed 

 and it does not turn out to be what was represented, may be 

 able to pay us a fair damage. They should be intelligent and 

 enterprising men, educated expressly for the business, willing 

 to devote their entire time and talents to the business, should 

 study the origin of every root and plant that we cultivate and 

 be willing and able to visit most of the countries of Europe 



