CARROT 



^93 



Parisian Forcing Carrot. 



Parisian Forcing Carrot. — The earliest and the shortest of 

 all Carrots. It is a special strain selected from the French Forcing 

 Carrot with a view to its cultivation in rotted manure-mould under 

 glass, which is the only 

 way to cultivate it ; is 

 often broader than long, 

 is smooth, very clean, with 

 a fine neck. The leaves 

 are light and thin, the skin 

 smooth, and the colour 

 rather lighter than that 

 of the French Forcing 

 Carrot. 



French Horn, or 

 Earliest Short Horn, 

 Carrot. — Root almost 

 globe, or slightly top-shaped, of a half-transparent orange-red 

 colour, paler towards the point ; neck very fine and very 

 short ; leaves very few. This variety, which is generally pulled 

 when it has only four or five leaves, is used in open-air 

 culture for very early or very late sowings, but is especially 

 suitable for forcing under a frame, both on account of its 

 earliness and the shortness of its root. 



The forcing of the Carrot 

 demands no particular care, 

 except that of pressing the soil 

 down well after sowing the seed, 

 and giving the plants as much 

 air as possible while they are 

 growing. 



Early Scarlet Dutch Horn 

 Carrot. — Root nearly twice as 

 long as broad, thicker at the 

 neck than at the tip, which is 

 generally blunt; neck fine; leaves 

 very few, yet not so few as those 

 of the preceding kind. , This is 

 an excellent Carrot for open-air 

 culture, and, in certain cases, 

 may be found suitable for forcing. 

 Both it and the preceding kind 

 are most usually pulled for table 

 use while they are young, and 

 before they have attained their 

 full size — a practice which might well be carried out with regard 

 to all Carrots for the table. 



Dutch Horn Carrot. 



