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clear of weeds during the season. When grown as a field 

 crop, the drills should be twenty inches apart. As the 

 seed comes up slowly ; and does not mark out the row very 

 distinctly, a sprinkling of red turnip-rooted radish is often 

 sown in the same drills with the carrot seed, in order to 

 facilitate the hoeing and weeding. Owing to the seed 

 being liable to be killed by drought, it is always best to 

 sow it somewhat thickly, and thin out afterwards. The 

 soil should always be rolled after the seed is sown, so as 

 to firm it down and keep the dry summer air from the 

 seed, as that retards and even prevents its vegetating. 

 The best two sorts for garden culture, are the 

 Early Horn, which is best for the early crop ; the root 

 is about two inches in diameter and six inches in length, 

 tapering but little and terminating abruptly in a very 

 slender tap-root. On account of its short root, it is well 

 adapted for thin, poor soils, in which the longer rooted 

 varieties do not succeed so well. In such soils it can be 

 grown as a late as well as an early crop. 



The Long Orange is generally grown for the main crop, 

 and is so well known that it does not need any description. 

 It is as well adapted for field as for garden culture. 



CAULIFLOWER. 



Like the broccoli, to which it is akin, the cauliflower re- 

 quires a very rich soil to succeed well and to grow it to 

 perfection. In our climate it is best grown for early sum- 

 mer use, as it does not succeed as well as the broccoli when 

 grown for autumn use, owing to the severe heat and 

 drought of our summers. 



The best mode of cultivating it, is to sow the seeds, from 

 the 10th to the 20th of September, in a bed of rich soil. In 



