CHAPTER XXIII. 
CARROTS, ONIONS, PARSLEY, CABBAGE PLANTS. 
This chapter treats of another group of hardy or almost 
hardy plants. All are adapted to the cold frame, and all are 
within reach of the amateur gardener. They all figure in 
commercial operations, and are of considerable importance 
as money makers. 
Carrots. The so- 
called stump-rooted or 
half-long sorts are gen- 
erally used for under- 
glass work. ‘They are 
in wide demand for fla- 
voring soups. The Phil- 
’ delphia gardeners sow 
€ carrot seed in frames 
.rom October 1 to Octo- 
ber 15. The rows are 
«leven inches apart, with 
lettuce between ; or rad- 
ishes may be planted 
between the rows of car- 
rots in spring. Other gardeners sow the carrots in spring, 
believing that fall-sown plants are stunted. Half-long 
Nantes is one of the varieties that is used. Five or six car- 
tots make a bunch, and the wholesale price is twenty-five 
bunches for $1. Early Scarlet Horn and Earliest Short Horn 
are used in hot beds and greenhouses. 
HALF-LONG NANTES CARROTS. 
Onions. Onion culture under glass ‘Shear Philadelphia 
is confined for the most part to starting seed in spring, for 
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