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Garden Work 
The roots penetrate this soil very easily, and also have 
time and space to broaden. They also come out of such 
soil with high colour, and of fine quality. Three or 
four seeds may be sown in each hole, near the centre, 
and before they grow too large they should be thinned 
out, leaving only the best in each hole or the best that 
is nearest the centre. 
Main-crop Carrots will require to be taken up before 
the frost sets in. This should be done with care. The 
leaves should be cut off, and the roots stored in sand 
or slightly damp ordinary soil, in a suitable shed from 
which severe frost will be excluded. A layer of sand 
should be put down, then a layer of carrots, then another 
layer of sand, and so on, until they are all stored. In 
this way they can be kept quite fresh during the winter. 
If young carrots are desired earlier than they can 
ordinarily be obtained from the garden, a hotbed may 
be made of long, fresh horse manure, mixed with half- 
decayed leaves. This should be built up in the form of 
a square, and a light frame placed over it. In this about 
1 ft. of fine soil should be put, and the seed of the short- 
horn carrots sown in lines about 6 in. apart. The seeds 
should be sown thinly, and should not require thinning 
until ready for use. Such tender roots are very much 
prized early in the season. 
Varieties — - 
Sutton’s Early Gem. 
Ryder’s Scarlet Horn. 
Sutton’s Champion Scarlet Horn. 
Dobbie’s Selected Stump Rooted 
Long Red Surrey. 
James’s Scarlet Intermediate. 
Altrincham. 
St. Valloy. 
