306 GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



of the carrot is just that of the beet. Six hundred 

 bushels have beeu produced from oue acre. The car- 

 rots need uot be pulled at the South, but may be left 

 safely in the ground to draw as wanted for use during the 

 winter. In severe weather, they may be protected by a 

 covering of litter; but it is hardly necessary, except for 

 the Altringham. At the North, they are stored in cellars 

 or in piles, covered with straw and earth, like the potato. 



For Seed. — Leave some of the finest roots, protected 

 with litter, Avhere raised, to blossom and seed the next 

 summer; save only the principal umbels. Each head 

 should be cut as it turns brown, dried in the shade, rub- 

 bed out, and dried in paper bags. The seed will not vege- 

 tate if more than two years old. 



Use. — The carrot is a very wholesome food for man or 

 beast. It is a valuable addition to stews and soups, and 

 is also boiled plain, pickled. Boiled or grated, it is an 

 excellent poultice. The grated root is often added to 

 cream to improve the color of winter butter. One carrot, 

 grated into cold water, will color cream enough for eight 

 pounds of butter, without any injury to the flavor. One 

 bushel of boiled carrots and one of corn are said to be 

 worth as much as two bushels of corn to feed to pigs. 

 They are excellent for feeding horses and milch cows, and 

 for this purpose are the most profitable of all roots in 

 deep, fertile soils. 



Marketing. — The roots should be well washed and 

 tied in bunches of six and neatly trimmed. Pack in crates 

 securely to prevent movement in shipping and thus 

 bruising. 



CAULIFLOWER. — (Brassica olcracca, rar. botrytis.) 



This plant is a biennial, and was introduced into Eng- 

 land from the Island of Cyprus, in the early part of the 

 seventeenth centurv. It is a kind of cabbage with long, 



