HARVESTING OF CARAWAY. 44!) 



Some prefer to pull the stems in the same manner 

 as flax. The labour costs a little more, but the seed 

 is less likely to be shaken out, while the field is cleared 

 of the stubble, which otherwise has to be collected 

 and carried off at the time of ploughing. The produce, 

 which is subject to considerable variations, may be taken 

 at from 1 5 to 20 cwts. to the acre on the best soils. The 

 demand, however, is always more regular, and the market 

 price better than that of coriander seed. 1 Caraway is a 

 more delicate plant than the coriander, and is liable to 

 injury from frost, and also from heavy winds. But little 

 attention has been paid to the insect injuries to which the 

 crop is subject, though it is probable that many of the 

 insects which infest our other umbelliferous crops 

 carrots and parsnips for instance are equally to be met 

 with in the caraway and coriander. The only one, 

 however, that has been observed is a black caterpillar, 

 which visits the caraway in the spring, and at times 

 commits great ravages. 



1 The last market quotations were 



Coriander, 15s. to 18s. per cwt. 

 Caraway, 32s. to 35s. ,, 



GLASGOW: w. G. BI.ACKIK ASTP co., PRINTERS, VILLAJFIELD. 



