CARROT. 



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the land is mellow, the plow ma.y often be run so as to turn the 

 roots out on top of the furrow slice. 



Storing- — Carrots are easily kept over winter in cellars, 



Figure 89. — Varieties of Carrots. 1— White Belgian. 2— Long Orange. 

 3 — Orange Danvers. 4— Ox-Heart. 5 — Pointed-Rooted. 6 — Blunt- 

 Rooted Horn. 7 — Extra Early Forcing. ' {After Landrcth.) 



providing they are in a temperature near the freezing point and 

 are not too ripe when dug. If the seed has been planted too 

 early, the roots will ripen up early in the fall and will cease to 

 grow, and many of the leaves will turn yellow. Such roots do 

 not keep well, but are liable to sprout badly long before spring. 



