KITCHEN-GARDENING. 



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An Orange Carrot 



young plants. Such, weeds will soon decay, and promote the 

 growth of carrots by operating as a mulch, as well as a fer- 

 tilizer. If no horse-hoe is at hand, all the dressing may be 

 done with a scuffle-hoe, which is far better than an ordinary 

 haid-hoe. With a scuffle-hoe, the operator moves backwards, 

 leaving all the weeds and grass lying up lightly ; while, if the 

 hoeing be performed with a hand-hoe, many of the weeds will 

 be pressed by the feet into the mellow soil, where they take 

 root and continue to grow about as well as if they had not 

 been dug up. 



The weeds growing in close proximity to carrots should be 

 pulled up when the ground is wet, or at least very moist. Foi 



