Beet — Carrot 



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Three diseases of beets are sometimes serious, particularly on 

 sugar beets: root-rot, for which apply lime to the soil; leaf- spot, 

 kept in check by spray of Bordeaux mixture ; scab, prevented by 

 not growing beets on the infested land. See Duggar, Bull. 163, 

 Cornell Exp. Sta. 



CARROT 



Very clean and mellow soil, particularly one that tvill 

 not ^^bake^^ over the seeds, and close attention to surface 

 tillage, are the prime requisites for the culture of car- 

 rots. The crop is easy to grow after the plants are well 

 established. 



Carrots are of two leading types: those grown for 

 spring or early summer use, and those grown as a main 

 crop and used in the winter. Carrots are stored like 

 beets and other root crops. The main -season carrots are 

 not cultivated very extensively as a vegetable -gardening 

 crop, although they are used to a considerable extent for 

 stock-feeding. Young, fresh carrots may be shipped 

 from the southern states so cheaply that there is rela- 

 tively little need of storing the roots for market. Aside 

 from this, the American people eat relatively few car- 

 rots, and the trade in them is small. 



The seeds of carrots are small and germinate slowly. 

 Unless the soil is in good condition and free of weeds 

 the young plants are likely to suffer. It is well to sow 

 seeds of radishes, turnips or other quick -germinating 

 things with the carrots in order to mark the row and to 

 break the crust. 



The carrot is a hardy plant, and the early varieties 

 may be sown as soon as the land is fit in the spring. 



