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doubled my crop and set the maggot at defiance. The following is 

 the way to go to work : Early in spring fork the ground over. ?o as 

 to give plenty of loose, finely pulverised earth, then set out the line, 

 and with a draw hoe or other handy tool draw the soil u].) into a 

 mound 1 foot high and as much through at the base. Make it 

 straight and even, and then, holding the tool in a horizontal position. 

 ])ress the handle into the top of the ridge to a depth of about 1 inch : 

 this forms a drill. Sprinkle the seed in thinly, and cover it by 

 breaking over the top edges of the drill. 



When the young Carrots are ] inch high thin them, and press 

 the soil close round the crowns of the plants which are left. Thus 

 treated, the fly is kept out, and the young plants are given plenty of 

 room to swelL After the next thinning, which should be when they 

 are of the size of a Eadish, and when they may be left 6 inches apart, 

 close the soil up as before. By this simple plan grand crops of 

 Carrots may be grown. 



I have sometimes been asked if Carrots thus grown do not suffer 

 from the ridges becoming dry. jSTo, I take care to sow when the 

 soil is thoroughly moist, and this gives the plants a good start. 

 Subsequently, the luxuriant leafage which the healthy and vi2 oralis 

 plants throw up shades the ridges. Carrots grown in this way on 

 the same plot, and of the same variety, as others on the flat, have 

 given a far superior crop. 



Carrots grown on the flat will yield good roots if the soil is deep 

 and friable, if manure is kept away from them, if they are thinned 

 early, and if the soil is always kept close at the crown. Gas water, 

 at the rate of a gallon to six gallons of water, is splendid stuff to 

 pour between the rows. 



The types of Carrot have greatly improved in the last twenty 

 years. Early Nantes, James's Intermediate and Long Eed Surrey, 

 the cha^npions of my boyhood, have given place to improved 

 varieties, but the French Forcing is still grown largely in frames. It 

 is difficult to say which is the best in the various sections, as all the 

 great seedsmen have furnished themselves with excellent strains. 

 Amongst early short Carrots I have grown, and been satisfied with. 

 Bunyard's Stump -rooted, Cannells' Improved Guerande, Carters' 

 Summer Favourite, Daniels' Scarlet Perfection, Suttons' Early Gem. 

 Sut tons' Champion Horn and Yeitchs' Model. I should not mind 

 which of these I had if I were obliged to restrict myself to one. Of 

 Intermediates, I have had the best results from Daniels' Telegraph, 

 though Bunyard's Exhibition and Suttons' Xew Intermedi ite are 

 grand strains. Of long Carrots, Carters' Red Elephant and Yeitchs' 

 Matchless are perhaps the pick. The latter is a beautiful root. 



