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after the seed is put in it will probably fail to germinate, and 

 will have to be re-sown, thus causing delay and loss. When 

 the plants are well up they should be thinned out, first to 2in. 

 apart, and afterwards by bunching the most forward, to 4in. 

 The crop from March sowings will be forwarded considerably if 

 the bed is surrounded by thatched hurdles to keep off cold 

 winds and if each night protection from frost is given by mats 

 resting on a framework of laths. Further sowings may be 

 made on unprotected beds from the beginning April. 



All the early Carrots, as well as the suitable thinnings of the 

 main crops, are tied in bunches of varying sizes, according to 

 the requirements of the respective markets (the forced Carrots 

 consigned to Covent Garden from the French garden being in 

 bunches of 50 two half bunches of 25 being tied together) ; 

 they are always washed before being packed, so as to present 

 a bright and attractive appearance. 



v Main Crops. The land for the main-crop Carrots should 

 be well drained and have been deeply worked some time pre- 

 viously, so as to get it into a mellow 

 and friable condition. It is useless 

 to put this crop into cloddy, ill- 

 worked or wet land. The soil 

 should be in a fine tilth, and the 

 seed should not be sown unless it 

 is in a dry crumbly condition, with 

 no immediate threat of rain. 



Sow from the middle March to 

 the end of April (the earlier dates 

 being suitable for light warm soil) 

 in drills from 9in. to 12in. apart 

 and fin. deep. One of the varieties 

 of Intermediate will be found the 

 most suitable for all medium soils ; 

 on light land one of the longer 

 sorts may be grown, and on land 

 of a clayey nature a shorter root 

 of the Chantenay type will be James ' Scarietjntermediate 

 found the most suitable ; or if a 



longer root is wanted the seed may be sown on ridges, 15in. to 



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