STATISTICAL NOTES. 



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II.— CARROTS. 

 21 Exhibitors. 

 Classification of Varieties Exhibited. 



(a) Short Horn. Types : — French Horn, Guerande. 

 Carrotte rouge tres courte, Champion Scarlet Horn, Early 



French Horn, Early Gem (Guerande section), Early Dutch Horn, 

 Early Scarlet Horn, French Forcing, Guerande, Parisian Forcing, 

 Reading Scarlet Horn, Scarlet Model (Guerande section). 



(b) Intermediate. Types : — James's Intermediate, Nantes, 



Stump-rojted. 



Carrotte de James, Carrotte de Chantenay, Early Market 

 (Nantes section), Early Scarlet Nantes, Half-long Scarlet Nantes, 

 James's Scarlet, Scarlet Intermediate, Scarlet Red Intermediate, 

 Select Stump-rooted, Summer Favourite. 



(c) Long. Types: — St. Valery, Altringham. 



Altringham, Carter's Improved Green-top, Improved Altring- 

 ham, Long Red Surrey, Matchless Scarlet (St. Valery section), 

 New Red Intermediate, New Scarlet (St. Valery section), St. Valery, 

 Scarlet Perfection (St. Valery section), Veitch's Matchless (St. 

 Valery section), Select Intermediate (St. Valery section). 



Certificates of Merit awarded to — 



New Scarlet Improved, from the Novelty Company. 

 Early Very Short French Horn, from Messrs. Vilmorin. 

 Guerande, from Messrs. Vilmorin et Cie. 

 Long Red St. Valery, from Messrs. Vilmorin et Cie. 

 Sutton's Gem (Guerande section), from Mr. J. Lambert. 

 Sutton's Early Gem (Guerande section), from Mr. J. Lye. 

 Red Intermediate, from Mr. J. Lye. 

 Long Red Surrey, from Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons. 

 Scarlet Perfection (St. Valery section), from Mr. W. Chettle- 

 burgh. 



Remarks. 



The Carrots were remarkably fine. Special mention must 

 be made of the collection of six varieties exhibited by Messrs. 

 Vilmorin, viz. : — 



(1) Carrotte rouge tres courte ; (2) Guerande ; (3) Half-long 



