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end resting on the Carrots, the other projecting a 

 couple of inches above the covering of earth. To 

 prevent the frost from injuring the roots through the 

 pipes, they may be stuffed with hay before Winter 

 sets in. Formerly, the practice among gardeners 

 was to put a covering of hay or straw over the roots 

 before putting on the earth. This, of late years, has 

 been given up as useless ; in fact, it is found, by 

 experience, that all kinds of roots will keep better, 

 with less risk of rotting, when earth is the only cov- 

 ering used. Under ordinary circumstances, two feet 

 in thickness of covering is quite enough to protect 

 the roots from frost. It is not a good plan to put on 

 this depth at once ; eight inches will be sufficient 

 when first pitted, and imtil the weather grows colder. 

 All kinds of roots should be covered as soon as pos- 

 sible after being topped. If left exposed a day or 

 two, either in small heaps in the field, or in a large 

 pile, the shrinking from evaporation amounts to con- 

 siderable — enough, at least, to call the attention of 

 growers to the fact. 



It is well, perhaps, to state, in this connection, 

 that those who grow Carrots as a field or garden- 

 crop should not neglect to save, at the time of gath- 

 ering the crop, some of the best-formed and largest- 

 sized roots for seed. Fresh Carrot-seed, true to name, 

 is all-important for those who grow Carrots either 

 for pleasure or profit. 



In topping seed Carrots, it is not well to cut as 

 close to the crown of the Carrot as is customary with 

 the main crop. 



