VARIETIES CULTIVATED. 



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Fig. 2. 



Fig. 3. 



larger in size, and equally suitable to the same class of 



soils', lias been lately introduced as James' Scarlet carrot. 



There is also a white variety of the 



Horn carrot, cultivated largely on the 



Continent, on soils too shallow for the 



ordinary varieties. This is known as 



the Garrotte des Vosges. 



Large White Belgian (fig. 3) is one of 

 the best suited for general field cultiva- 

 tion. It grows well out of the ground, and 



has a root thicker in proportion to its length 

 than the other field varieties. It is very 

 productive when grown under suitable con- 

 ditions; and owing to the comparative 

 shortness of its root, and its habit of grow- 

 ing well out of the ground, it can be more 

 profitably cultivated than those which re- 

 quire a greater depth of soil for their growth. 

 The lower part of the root is white; the 

 upper part green, with a well - rounded 

 top. 



The Yellow Belgian is also a productive 

 variety, of a finer quality than the preced- 

 ing. The root, which has a deepish yellow 

 tint, with a green top, is longer, but less 

 thick than the white, and is better suited 

 for the lighter than the stronger class of carrot soils. 



Although the carrot is naturally a plant that requires a 

 deep and light soil for its development, cultivation has so 

 changed its habit of growth, and our greatly advanced 

 mechanical methods of treating our soils has so altered their 

 texture, that there are but few descriptions of soils under 

 cultivation in this country in which some variety of carrots 

 cannot be grown. At the same time we must admit, not- 

 withstanding these improvements both in the nature of 



