CONTEXTS 



Page. 



The Argument for the Raising of roots, - 3 



THE CARROT - 5 



The Location and Soil - 6 



The Manure and its Application - 7 



Preparing the Bed - 12 



When to Plant - - - 13 



The Seed and the Planting of it - 14 



Quantity to the Acre - - 15 



Varieties, and What Kinds to Grow - 1 7 



Early Very Short Scarlet - - - 19 



Early Short Scarlet Horn - 19 



Short Horn - - 19 



Danvers Carrot - - - 19 



Long Orange, or Long Surry - 20 



Altringham - -21 



Large White Belgian - 2 1 



The Cultivation, and the Implements needed - 22 



Gathering and Storing the Crop - - 24 



Raising Carrots with Onion.; - - - 27 



Marketing and Feeding - 2S 



THE MANGOLD WURTZELS - - 30 



Varieties - - 32 



