CHAPTER VIII 



CARROTS 



The requirements for the best develop- 

 ment of carrots are a loose soil, fairly rich, 

 and at the same time a soil that does not 

 "pack" over the seeds. 

 Muck soils fill these con- 

 ditions. Probably the 

 smoothest roots are pro- 

 duced in muck, also the 

 largest yields. 



It has been ^found, 

 however, that some crops 

 such as lettuce and celery 

 do not do well following 

 a crop of carrots. It 

 would be well then to 

 have some other crop 

 such as cabbage, cauli- 

 flower, potatoes or sweet corn follow a crop 

 of carrots. This crop is often grown near the 

 windbreak on land not valuable for celery, 



A one row marker. 



The band of iron in 



large wheel marks 



the row. 



