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Eequires a sandy loam, well manured, and deeply spaded up. 

 Should be sown in drills ten to twelve inches apart, so tlie plants 

 can be worked after they are up. Gardeners here generally sow 

 them broadcast, and often the roots are small from being crowded 

 too nuich together. 



Early Scarlet Horn. A short stump rooted variety, of 

 medium s'izo, very early and of fine flavor. Not cultivated for 

 the mai'ket. 



Half Long Frencli Scarlet. This is the most popular 

 variety, and extensively grown for the market, as well as for 

 family use, It is a little later than the Early Horn, but much 

 larger ; bright scarlet in color, and of fine flavor. 



Half tiOiig' Luc, This is a new variety from France. It 

 is as early as any previously mentioned, but stump rooted and 

 larger. It is very smooth and of a fine color. 



Iniprovecl Long' Orange, This is an old variety, roots 

 long and of deep orange color. It is not much cultivated in this 

 section, and the flavor is not so fine as that of the two preceding 

 kinds Valuable for field culture. 



Long Reel, without core. A new vai iety from France, which 

 is of cylindrical shape, A^ery smooth, bright scarlet color, and of 

 fine flavor; has no heart or core. It is not quite, so early as the 

 Half Long, but mure j)rodncfive. Con^der it a first class variety 

 for the table, an<l one that will come into general cultivation when 

 better known. . 



Early Scarlet Horn Carrot, Half Lonor Luc Carrot. 



Half Long Frencli 

 Scarlet Carrot. 



