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to describe the method of culture, which merely consists in 

 sowing the seed broad-cast, and when the plants are about 

 six inches high, putting them either in rows or beds eighteen 

 inches apart. The soil should be rich. They require watering, 

 and being kept clear of weeds. 



CARROTS. Hind. GAJUR. This vegetable is so well known as 

 to need little description. The two kinds in general use all 

 over the Deccan or the red and yellow (orange and lemon 

 colour) j they may be sown at the commencement of the rains, 

 broad-cast, in beds of about six feet square, and should be thin- 

 ned, leaving a space of six or eight inches at least between each 

 root : this distance is sufficient for your first crop, but those 

 that are sown later should have at least six inches space allowed 

 between each root. If you wish to preserve your carrots until 

 the commencement of the rains, in the months of March and 

 April cut off the green tops, and let the roots remain in the 

 ground ; this checks their growth, and I have by this means 

 had good carrots until the middle of July. I found the yellow 

 Cape to answer the best for preserving ; the seed was not sown 

 until January. They bear transplanting well, and may be sown 

 with advantage in drills. The soil should be light and good : 

 care must be taken, the same as in moving beet not to break 

 the root. 



CARDOON. This resembles the artichoke, but grows much 

 higher. The tender stalks and leaves when blanched are used 

 for soups and salads, and are cultivated in the same manner as 

 the artichoke. 



CAULIFLOWER. The seed should not be sown until the latter 

 end of August, as it does not always head well : it requires the 

 same care as the cabbage, and should be planted in a similar 

 manner. Removing the plants occasionally prevents their quick 

 growth, and I think if the roots, when taken up, were divided 

 into halves, or quarters, before being put into the ground, that 

 it would facilitate its going to head. The soil in which I have 

 seen the finest heads grown was of a greyish description, and 

 the plants had little water given to them. In England the 



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