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16. CARROTS. 



The Carrot, Daucus Carota, is a biennial plant, a 

 native of this country ; and although in its wild state it 

 approaches but little to the appearance of our garden 

 Carrot, yet it is allowed by all writers to be the ori- 

 ginal stock from whence all the cultivated varieties have 

 sprung : the roots of the latter are of a red-yellow or 

 orange colour, yellow, purple, or white* 



The following are the principal sorts at present culti- 

 vated here, and also in the French and Dutch gardens : 



1. Common Early Horn, Carotte Rouge Longue. 



2. Early Short Red Horn. 6. Long White Carrot. 

 Carotte Rouge Courte Hative. Carotte Blanche. 



3. Long Horn. 7. Long Yellow. 



Long Red Horn. Carotte Jaune Longue. 



4. Long Orange. 8. Purple Carrot. 

 Sandwich Carrot. Carotte Violette. 

 Carotte Rouge Pale de Flan- 9. Yellow Carrot. 



dres. Carotte Jaune. 



5. Long Red. 10. Altringham. 



Chert sey Carrot. Green-topped Carrot. 



Studley Carrot. Superb Carrot. 



Surry Carrot. 



The Altringham Carrot is an intermediate variety 

 between the Horn Carrot and the Long-rooted. 



For early crops the two first are the most proper ; 

 they are sown on hot-beds in February, or on a warm 

 south border early in March. The early sowing on the 

 border will require a shelter of haulm, or fern leaves, 

 occasionally, in the event of frost and cutting wind. 



The Orange and Altringham Carrot are sown from 

 the middle of March to the middle of April, and are the 

 principal sorts for winter use. Succession sowings for 

 drawing as young Carrots may be made in May, June, 

 July, and August. 



