110 THE CARROT 
Information 
The carrot, like the radish, is really a root, though its color is 
so bright it hardly seems as though it could have grown in the 
dark earth. 
When the carrot seeds are planted, they sprout and send two 
leaves up into the air and a root down into the ground. This , 
root is slender at first, but it grows thicker and thicker until it is 
the size you see. 
In the fall the leaves die, but the carrot stays in the ground. 
It freezes just as the beet did, but does not die. In the spring 
it sends out new leaves and a stem with blossoms. The blos- 
soms make new seeds, and then the carrot dies. But the seeds 
fall and sprout, thus making a new plant. (Does the beet do the 
same ?) 
Have you a pet rabbit? If you want to make him a Christ- 
mas present, give him a carrot. He will enjoy it more than 
plum pudding or mince pie. 
Drawing 
1. Make a drawing of the carrot, showing lines and 
rootlets. 
2. Make a drawing of a cross section, showing zones 
and ‘pink pins.” 
3. Make a drawing of the vertical section, showing lines 
running from rootlets and leaves. 
