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not ship well, however, and its use is largely con- 

 fined to home gardens. The Express, a widely 

 advertised variety, is probably a superior strain of 

 Jersey Wakefield. Early Summer, Succession and 

 Surehead are all early and mid-season varieties of 

 the flat type. Flat Dutch is a standard late variety 

 grown extensively in many sections. For its best 

 development it requires ideal conditions and a long 

 season. 



Of the red cabbage the red Drum Head is the 

 standard variety. The Danish Ball Head has be- 

 come exceedingly popular as a winter variety be- 

 cause of its excellent keeping qualities. The heads 

 are comparatively small, but round and firm in 

 character and very solid. The successful culture 

 of this variety is confined almost entirely to north- 

 ern sections of this country. 



CARROT 



The carrot is a vegetable of minor importance in 

 this country. Its popularity is rapidly on the in- 

 crease, however, chiefly among the foreign popula- 

 tion. It is principally used in soups and stews, 

 although it is now frequently served as a separate 

 dish. 



Carrots grow best on sandy loams that do not 

 bake and become hard after rains and yet hold water 

 with reasonable tenacity. They are usually planted 

 in rows from 12 to 18 inches apart and cultivated 

 entirely by means of the wheel hoes. The seed 

 germinates rather slowly and the plant makes a slow 

 growth in its earlier stages of development. For this 

 reason it is a common practice to plant this seed with 

 radish or cabbage seed in order to mark the rows 



