CARROT 



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difficult to find in the trade. The new form is much thicker, 

 shorter, and smoother. This is an improvement, as it makes the 

 lifting of the roots much easier. 



Long Blood-red Carrot. Root long, thin, shapely, dark red. 

 The top scarcely seen above the ground. The flesh is tender and 

 dark orange-red. The leaves are light, small, and the stalks are 

 usually tinged with purple. The Blood-red Carrot is a half-late 



variety, specially suited 

 for autumn use. Given 

 care, it keeps in con- 

 dition through the 

 winter. This variety 

 is remarkable for the 



Long Blood- red Carrot. 



Flanders, or Sandwich, Carrot 

 ( natural size). 



intensity of its colour, which forms one ot its principal merits. 

 The skin itself becomes almost purple with exposure to light for 

 any length of time. 



Flanders, or Sandwich, Carrot. A kind of Half-long Red 

 Carrot, much used in field culture on account of its great pro- 

 ductiveness. Leaves abundant ; neck flat and broad ; root almost 

 entirely sunk in the soil, rather bright orange-red, and regularly 

 narrowed from neck to point. It is only about three times as long 

 as broad, the entire length being about 8 in., with a diameter of 

 between 2 and 2\ in. at the neck. The chief merit of this variety 



