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Practical  Hints  on  Ve<jetahle  Farntiin/. 
and  the  drills  shoidd  be  four  incdies  aj)urt.  Unless  conveniences 
in  the  way  of  frames,  &c.,  are  available,  it  is  not  worth  while 
to  attempt  to  grow  very  early  Carrots.  The  earliest  sowing 
should  be  made  in  a warm  position,  and  pulling  may  commence 
when  the  roots  ai’e  as  large  as  a man’s  finger.  In  such  a case 
it  is  a mistake  to  thin  the  seedlings  to  more  than  an  inch  and  a 
half  apart,  because  the  later  removal  of  the  usable  roots  will  give 
the  further  space  required.  The  same  principle  applies  to  the 
main  crop  sown  in  A])ril ; when  the  Carrots  are  thinned  they 
should  be  left  about  two  inches  apart  if  it  is  intended  to 
commence  pulling  as  soon  as  they  are  large  enough,  then  every 
other  Carrot  should  be  removed,  leaving  them  four  inches 
apart.  By  the  time  one  lot  of  Carrots  is  used  or  sold,  we 
may  repeat  the  operation,  leaving  the  remaining  crop  at  eight 
inches  a]>art.  Thus  we  have,  at  the  end  of  the  growing  season, 
a bed  or  field  of  Carrots  almost  perfect,  after  having  with- 
drawn a constant  supply. 
Yield  per  acre. 
Tons  cwt.  Tons  cwt.  Tons  cwt.  Tons  cwt. 
15  18  8 0 11  4 11  18 
A B (;  B 
(Stable  manure  (Clieinical  ((Jai'den  (Stable 
ami  mixed  manure  refuse  manure 
chemical  manure)  only)  only)  only) 
Fig.  6.— Carrots  grow  d in  1902. 
When  Carrots  are  attack(‘d  by  wireworm,  1 have  always 
succeeded  in  at  once  arresting  the  attack,  and  improving  the 
Carrots,  by  a liberal  dressing  of  rape  meal  manure. 
Cauliflower. — The  Caulifiowfu-  is  the  most  delicate  variety 
of  the  cabbage  tribe.  It  requires  a richer  .soil  and  more  space 
than  cabbage ; and  the  best  crops  are  obtained  from  well- 
manured  soil.  It  will  not  bear  our  English  winter;  it  must 
therefore  be  protected  from  frost. 
Seed  should  b('  sown  about  August  15  for  the  jiroduction 
of  the  earliest  crops.  The  plants  should  be  pricked  out  in 
frames  and  freely  exposed  during  mild  weather.  The  lights 
