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cauliflower. Enough for an ordinary family may be 

 grown in a cheap, cloth -covered coldframe or protected 

 bed. 



CARROTS 



This vegetable is seldom found in southern gardens, 

 though easily grown and a valuable food for man and 

 animals. 



The soil should be deeply prepared as for other root 

 crops to secure long, straight roots without laterals. 



The fertilizer, which should 

 either be well -rotted animal 

 manure or a standard com- 

 mercial fertilizer, must be, 

 especially for the long varie- 

 ties, deposited in the bottom 

 of a deep furrow and low 

 beds made over it. The seed 

 may be sown at the time of 

 sowing beets, in February, 

 covered one -half to an inch 

 and pressed upon by roller or 

 otherwise. If the soil is dry 

 at the time of planting, sow 

 the seed in a furrow two 

 inches deep and run a 

 wheelbarrow over them. As 

 soon as the plants are large 

 enough, thin to three or four 

 inches in the drills, which 

 Carrotis. uccd uot be farther than 



