the Garden Carrot. By Mr. William Christie. 385 



2d. The Common Early Horn Carrot. This is the kind 

 generally grown in England as the Early Horn. The leaves 

 are moderately long; the root grows much larger than the 

 preceding, is thick at the top, and though tapering a little, 

 still ends abruptly, and is terminated with a long fibrous tap 

 root. The flesh is reddish, and the heart is yellow. In fla- 

 vour this and the preceding are similar, and are greatly 

 preferable for summer use.* 



3d. The Long Horn Carrot. The Long Red Carrot of the 

 Dutch; it was not in any collection of seeds from other 

 places, but came, both in 1819 and 1820, from Messrs. 

 Schertzer and Sons of Haarlem, with the same name. The 

 leaves are moderately long, slender, and not numerous ; the 

 root is long and cylindrical, with rather an uneven wrinkled 

 surface, having a few small fibres proceeding from it in va- 

 rious parts, ending abruptly, and terminated by a long small 

 tap root. The flesh is reddish orange, with a small heart, 

 almost similar in colour to the flesh. This Carrot is a most 

 desirable summer kind, of excellent flavour, very juicy and 

 delicate. 



There appear to be six distinct kinds of Long Carrots, 

 principally distinguished from each other by the colour of 

 their roots. 



1st. The White Carrot , or Carotte blanche of the French. 

 The leaves are of moderate length, the root rather short, 

 thick at the top, and tapering quickly to its extremity ; the 

 flesh is perfectly white, the heart whitish, and separated from 



* I have heard of a Carrot grown in the West of England, under the name 

 of the Short Orange Carrot, but it is not in general cultivation ; it may per- 

 haps be the Early Horn. 



