VOL. XIV. NO. 37. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGIS TE 



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reason : tlie white grows out of the jjround from 

 2 ]-2to 6 inches, so that they can easily be drawn 

 from the ground. You may send me 1.5 lbs. of 

 fresh seed next year." C. p. BOSSON. 



Remarks hy the Editor of the Yankee Farmer. — 

 We were requt'sted by Mr Bosson to nial<e an ex- 

 periment on the Wliite carrot ami compare it with 

 the Orange and VeUow Altrinaham. We sowed 

 a few drills of each kind, .side by side, in a light 

 sandy soil, without manure, on tlie 'JClli of Miy. 

 Aftor sowing these drill.s we mi.xed the different vii- 

 rietii-s of seeds together, and sowed a few drills 

 more. 



It was evident from observation, after llie carrots 

 had attained any size of consequence, that the 

 white carrots were the most productive ; and wlini 

 they had attained a full growth the difference was 

 still more apparent. We should have measured 

 the product of each kind and learned the difference 

 with precision, but owing to extremely dry weather, 

 some of the seed failed and the plants came irregu- 

 larly, so that this method could not liave been a 

 fair test. 



On digging the carrots where the mixture of 

 seeds was sown, we were astonished to see so great 

 a difference between the white and other varieties, 

 as we supposed that the white being |nrtially out 

 of the ground, exhibited on a superficial view, more 

 difference than there really was. 



We have just examined this mixed lot, and wo 

 find that the largest yellow or orange cirrots are 

 only 1.5 inches in length, and 7 inches in circumfe- 

 rence, and only a small part are this size, and 

 these are as large as could be expected in a soil 

 rather poor in condition and without manure, and 

 in a season extremely dry. 



But with all these disadvantages the white car- 

 rots are of a noble size; about two tlinds in num- 

 ber are quite large. The longest are two feet in 

 length and a good number 18 inches long. The 

 largest are over 8 inches in circumference^ and the 



greater part are from 7 to 8 in circumference. 



These are but very small ones. Take the lot to- 

 gether, the white carrots are more than t^^'ice as 

 large as the ofhers. 



The white carrot grows partly above the ground 

 like the mangel wurlzel, so that they may be pull- 

 ed with much more convenience than the other va- 

 rieties. Some of them were six inches above the 

 ground. 



We have been particular in our remarks on the 

 white carrot, as we consider it a superior root- 

 one that will yield a large and profitable crop from 

 a rather poor soil, and one that is sufficiently hardy 



to bear up against unfavorable circumstances 



Though we have given the facts in the case that 

 show on inspection double the amount from the 

 white carrot, we would not recommend its culture 

 with a view that there will, under all circumstances, 

 be 80 great a difference. 



We made an experiment six or eight years airo. 

 with two varieties of the white carrot — the betler 

 the same as this — and the produce was great We 

 sowed the 2(lth of June, which was late, and on 

 that account the produce was probably 2.5 or 30 per 

 cent, less, but the yield was at the rate of COO bush- 

 els to the acre. The land was in good condition 

 but not extremely rich. 



i Farmers, try this carrot: we can assure you 

 that it is superior in its yield, and if a crop of roots 

 san lie increased 10 per cent, by a new variety of 

 aeed, it is well worth while to try it. This excess 



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will pay far more than all expenses for seed, and 

 the trouble of an experiment. 



According to European authorities, the whiti' 

 carrot, as Mr Bos.son has stated, is suited to shallow 

 soils, as it grows partly out of the ground ; but we 

 think that it is also well adapted to deep soils, as ii 

 penetrates as deep or deeper than other carrots.— 

 In the lot which we have named, allowing thai the 

 longest was six inches above the surface, then ii 

 extended V.) below, which is more than the length 

 if the other kinds ; so besides the extension above 

 the surface, the white carrot penetrated deeper 

 than the other varieties. 



For the N. E. Fanner. 



NEW WHI^E FIELD CARROT. 

 Ai.T.FN Putnam, Esq. — Dear Sir — We last year 

 received a small (inantity of the seed of a new va- 

 riety of carrot — the V\hite— which I am inclined 

 to think will prove a valuable ac(piisition to the 

 country, althouuh I am not prepared to state con- 

 fidently the comparative value of this with the 

 Long Orange, either in regard to the quantity that 

 may be raised per acre, or to quality ; for no tri.il 

 between the two ha-; been conducted by me with 

 proper accuracy. But I should judge from grow- 

 ing a few on oiir place at Brighton, the last year, 

 that the new White will prove more productive 

 than the Long Orange. We received the seed 

 quite late — about the middle of June — it was sow- 

 ed upon a piece of ground that had not been very 

 deeply pulverized nor highly manured, and of 

 which the subsoil is very hard. The plants when 

 young suffered severely from drought, so that I did 

 not anticipate much of a crop ; but in this I was 

 disappointed. In August the plants began to make 

 a vigorous growth, and by October had grown very 

 large. The crown of the root projected several 

 inches above ground and was greenish, while the 

 part below ground was pure white. 



If any are disposed to make trial of this variety, 

 seed can be obtained at our store. No. 52 North 

 Market street. JOSEPH BRECK. 



[We have given in the foregoing articles, nearly 

 all the information we possess relating to the 

 white carrot. Our readers will judge for them- 

 selves whether enough is here given to make it de- 

 sirable to procure seed of this variety. Our object 

 is simply to give publicity to what those who have 

 raised this root think of its productiveness. In re- 

 gard to this, as well as most other new things, the 

 desirable course is, th.it numbers should try it, but 

 the common farmer should do it at first on a limit- 

 ed scale. — Ed.] 



THE MASSACHUSETTS CHARITABLE ME- 

 CHANIC ASSOCIATION 



Announce to tlie public, that their Thnd Exhibi- 

 tion for the encouragement of manufactures and 

 the mechanic arts, will be opened at Quincy Hall, 

 in the city of Boston, commencing on Monday, 

 Sept. 20, of the present year. 



One of the most important objects of the Asso- 

 ciation, as stated in their charter, and embodied in 

 their constitution, is the encouragement of Manu- 

 factures and the Mechanic Arts; and it is genenil- 

 ly conceded that this can in no way be so well 

 accomplished as by public exhibitions, heldatstated 

 periods, thus placing in one view the aggreo-ale 

 talent, skill and inventive genius of the country, 

 especially in this prolific age of improvement. 



The exhibitions of 18:i7 and 1839, wer.; enii- 

 nently successful, and the tru.stees beliexe, gave 

 v-iy general satisfaction to the vast number of con- 

 tributors who availed themselves of the facilities 

 off.ired for an exhibition of their several produc- 

 iions. Many new. useful, and important articles 

 were thus, for the first lime, made generally known 

 to the community ; at the same tune were obtained 

 the opinions of skilful judges on their intrinsic 

 merits, and those opinions were comuniMicnted to 

 the public, in the official reports of th.' judges. 

 The success attending the two former exhibitions, 

 and the beneficial results to the several conlribu- 

 tor,s, encourage the hope that the third will surpass 

 them, in the number, variety and excellence of the 

 articles offered. 



The officers and trustees for the year 1841. hav- 

 ing been vested by the Association with full pow- 

 ers to make tlie necessary arrangements, respect- 

 fully invite manufacturers, mechanics and artists, 

 the ingenious and scientific, to offer for exhibition 

 and premium, articles in every department of art, 

 science and taste ; choice specimens of native skill 

 and ingenuity, useful labor-saving machines, imple- 

 ments of husbandry, and new models of machinery 

 in all their variety; in fine, every species of arti'- 

 cle for any useful or ornamentar purpose, made of 

 wood, stone, metal, or other material. The pro- 

 ducts of the loom in silk, cotton, wool, hemfi, flax 

 or hair, and all articles devised by female ingenui- 

 ty, or wrought by their industry, will have a proper 

 place in the exhibition. 



Medals (of gold or silver,) or diplomas, will be 

 awarded for all articles of merit, deemed worthy of 

 such diainction ; and the officers pledge themselves 

 tliat strict impartiality will be observed in their 

 distribution, and that competent judges shall be 

 appointed, who in no case will be conipetitors for 

 premiums on articles exhibited. 



In the fullest confidence that this notice will 

 meet the early atten-ii.n of the manufacturers and 

 mechanics of Massachusetts, as well as of our sis- 

 ter states, (whom we shall be proud to meet in this 

 glorious field of competition,) the managers will 

 make such arrangements as shall insure a^ fair and 

 full opportunity for a display of every article which 

 may be entered on or before the 15th of September ; 

 and although they will not exclude such articles as 

 may be afterwards offered, yet they cannot promise 

 them so conspicuous a place in the exhibition, as 

 those will have which are earlier entered. 



WM. WASHBURN, 



Superintendent. 



To Color Madder Red.— For JO lbs. flannel or 

 yarn, take 3-4ths lb. cream tartar and 3-4ths lb. al- 

 um ; pound them fine and boil 15 minutes in sufli- 

 cient rain water; then add a little cold water and 

 put in your cloth and boil it 3 hours, stirring it oft- 

 en ; take it out and air it well, throw away your 

 alum water, put in a sufficient quantity of water so 

 as not to crowd your cloth ; then put in 3 lbs. mad- 

 der, and heat it over a moderate fire as hot as you 

 can bear your hand in : then put in your cloth and 

 keep it stirring 3 hours at the same heat- Then 

 take out your cloth and add 2 quarts of soap and 

 stir it up well, put in your cloth for 20 minutes, 

 and then it is ready for scouring. The cloth or 

 yarn should be well washed and put in the alum 

 water while wet. The cost will be but 6 cents 

 per yard. — Cor. Alb. Cult. 



