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and would be liable to deteriorate if left too late, 

 especially if exposed to much frost. Lift very care- 

 fully with a spade, so as not to bruise the roots 

 in any way, which would cause them to bleed and 

 lose colour. For the same reason twist off the leaves 

 close to the crowns instead of cutting them, and 

 afterwards store the roots intact. They may be 

 stored in boxes, or on the floor of a cellar or out- 

 house amongst sand or fine soil alternate layers of 

 roots and sand. On a large scale beet may be stored 

 in pits, like potatoes. 



The following are first-rate varieties : Globe, and 

 Egyptian Turnip-rooted ; and for main crop : 

 Nutting's Dwarf Ked, Debbie's Purple, Pragnell's 

 Exhibition, and Galloway Purple a new non- 

 bleeding variety that may be cut in two before cook- 

 ing without losing colour. 



Carrot. 



Botanical Name : Daucus Carota. 

 Natural Order : Umbelliferce. 



The cultivated forms of this vegetable have been 

 obtained by selection and cultivation from the wild 

 carrot, which grows abundantly in some parts of 

 this country. Carrots are said to have been first 

 introduced into England by the Dutch about 1558. 

 Like beet, the carrot contains a considerable quantity 

 of sugar along with other valuable ingredients, and 

 these are stored mainly in the outer red portion of 

 the root ; hence the wider this is, as compared with 

 the yellow central portion, the higher is their nutri- 

 tive value. The depth of this red portion depends 



