20 ESCULENT ROOTS. 



by turning two furrows together ; the ridges yielding the 

 largest roots, and the drills the greatest quantity. 

 Two pounds of seed are usually allowed to an 

 acre; but, if sown by a well-regulated ma- 

 chine, about one-half this quantity will be suf- 

 ficient. 



Long Bed Root very long, fusiform ; when 

 Belgian. . / . 



YELLOW grown in deep soil, often measuring 



LOIAX - twenty inches in length, and nearly 

 three inches in diameter. The crown rises four 

 or five inches above the surface of the ground, 

 and is of a green color ; below the surface, the 

 skin is reddish-yellow. Flesh orange-red. 



This variety, like the White, originated in Bel- 

 gium. In Europe, it is much esteemed by agricul- 

 turists, and is preferred to the White Belgian, as 

 it is not only nearly as productive, but has none 

 of its defects. 



Long Root fusiform, three inches in diam- 



LONO ' et<er at *ke crown > an( i from twelve to 

 LEMON. fourteen inches in depth. Skin pale 

 yellow ; flesh yellow ; the heart paler, and, like 

 that of the Long Orange, of large size. 



The Long Yellow is easily harvested, and is 

 very productive, yielding nearly the same quan- 

 gian carrot fay t o fa^. acre as ^he Long Orange, which variety 

 it much resembles in its general character, and with which 

 it is frequently, to a greater or less extent, intermixed. 



Long Surrey. This variety resembles the Long Orange : 

 LONG RED. the roots, "however, are more slender, the 



JAMES'S SCARLET. , , . -,-, -1,1 i i 



heart is smaller, and the color deeper. 

 It is popular in some parts of England, and is cultivated 

 to a considerable extent on the Continent. 



