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CARROTS, MANGOLDS AND SUGAR BEETS. 



midway between the Long Orange and Short Horn class, 

 growing very generally with a stump root. The great problem 

 in Carrot growing is to get the greatest bulk with the smallest 

 length of root, and this is what the Danvers growers have 

 attained in their Carrot. Under their cultivation they raise 

 from twenty to forty tons to the acre. This Carrot is of a 

 rich, dark orange in color, very smooth and handsome, and 

 from its length, is easier to dig than the Long Orange. It is 

 a first-class Carrot for any soil. 



Long Orange, or Long Surry. This is a standard 

 --ariety, and in its various strains is doubtless more generally 

 grown than any other kind. The chief objection to it is the 

 depth to which k penetrates the ground, and hence the extra 



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DANVERS CARROT ALTRINGHAM. IMPROVED LONG ORANG-u 



