HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 



CARROTS BEST EARLY KINDS 



OF PARTICULAR value to the home gardener, whose 

 space is limited, are Early French Forcing and Colder, 

 Ball. Both make very small tops, on account of which 

 the rows may be put as closely as a foot apart, with the 

 roots about two inches apart in the row. The finished 

 carrots of these two kinds average one and a half inches 

 long by one inch in diameter and should be used quickly. 



A week later, or in about eighty-five days, Early Scarlet 

 Horn perfects two and a half to three-inch roots of about 

 two inches in diameter at the crown. This is the most 

 popular extra early sort, but must be used quickly since the 

 roots are inclined to split badly as soon as they grow larger 

 than above size. 



Early Chantenay, as shown above, may be called the 

 connecting link between the early stump-rooted and the 

 later maturing, long kinds. Within ninety to one hundred 

 days it produces three and a half to four-inch roots 

 one and a half to two inches in diameter at the top. A 

 very popular early sort with home gardeners throughout 

 the country. 



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