GARDENING FoR ALL. 135 
measures recommended for the onion maggot ought to be 
applied to the carrots, and at the same time. Keep the 
crown of the carrots nicely covered with soil; and, if any 
carrots or onions appear to be affected, let them be at once 
pulled up and burned. Carrots sown early in July are not so 
liable to attack as those sown in spring. 
