126 VEGETABLE GARDENING. 



Long, or Oxheart. is a variety that is very thick and 

 .short and yields nearly as much as the Dan vers. It has the 

 .advantage, moreover, of being easily pulled by hand without 

 any digging. The White Belgian is a large cropper, but 



lTig. 61.— Varieties of Carrots. 1.— White Belgian. 2.— Long Orange. 3.— 

 Orange Danvers. 4.— Ox-Heart. 5.— Pointed-Rooted. 6.— Blunt-Rooted 

 Horn. 7.— Extra Early Forcing. (After Landreth..) 



only of value as food for stock. Thirty tons of carrots are 



.sometimes raised on one acre, but in ordinary practice seldom 



more than half that amount are raised. 



CAULIFLOWER. ( Brastica oleracea. ) 



Native of Europe. — Biennial.— Cauliflower is a form of 



-cabbage in which the inflorescence becomes fleshy and dis- 



