By M. Vilmorin, F. M. H. S. 



suffered much from drought ; but the quality of the whole has beeu 

 better, the proportion of bad much less, and that of runaways 

 almost nothing. 



In order to explain more distinctly the progress of the principal 

 modifications, I will here give a summary of them in another 

 form, at the same time adding some essential details which I have 

 purposely omitted above, to avoid too frequent repetitions. 



Form and Bulk. 1st Generation 1833, five or six roots, 

 (amongst a large number) were very indifferent, ill formed, scarcely 

 middle-sized, but tolerably fleshy. 



2nd Generation. About a fifth part of the carrots were middle- 

 sized and small, tolerably good, some were even quite good. 

 They were, in general, extremely long, diminishing in size too sud- 

 denly, and drawn out like long rats' tails. 



3rd Generation. The general form was much less lengthened, 

 and the roots had increased considerably in size. I speak of the 

 mass; for some were, and still are, found very thready. Some 

 were short, nearly of the form of the Breteuil carrot ; the best 

 being replanted and resown separately, generally reproduced this 

 form. In this generation the proportion of good carrots was about 

 two thirds. 



4th Generation. Though the size was, as I have said, less large 

 than in the preceding generation, the form and proportions of the 

 root were nevertheles ameliorated ; the lower part was more plump; 

 upon the whole it was a better specimen. The refuse of this crop 

 amounted to only about a tenth part. 



Colour. The white colour and the yellow, commonly rather 

 dark, made their appearance simultaneously, from the time of the 

 small crop of 1833, and have done so constantly since then in all the 

 other crops, the first being always in the larger proportion. The 

 yellow being replanted apart, sometimes produce white in consider- 

 able numbers, and reciprocally ; some yellow being almost always 

 found in the white crop ; (this variation is likewise remarked in some 



