CARROT. 
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they frequently yield upward of four hundre l bushels to an 
acre, when cultivated on the field system. 
For the garden, the Early Orange should be cultivated foi 
spring and summer use ; but the Long Orange is more suit- 
able for main crops, on account of its bright orange colour, 
as well as for its great size and length. Carrots grow to 
great perfection in a rich loamy soil, and may be raised in 
drills drawn about one inch deep, and twelve inches asunder. 
\ small bed may be planted at the latter end of March for 
an early crop, and from that time to the end of May for suc- 
cessive crops ; but the principal crop should not be sown too 
soon, as the early plantings are apt to produce seed-stalks, 
and, consequently, stringy and useless roots. 
The most suitable ground for late Carrots, is that which 
has been well manured for previous crops, and requires no 
fresh manure. If the seed be sown in June, and the plants 
thinned out to the distance of five or six inches from each 
other when young, and kept hoed, they will yield an abun- 
dance of fine roots for winter and spring use, by being taken 
up in autumn, and preserved either in sand in a cellar, or 
covered up in pits in a garden, as directed in the Calendar 
for November. 
Although Carrot seed is naturally small and light, it seldom 
fails to vegetate in favourable seasons ; it, therefore, need not 
be sown too thick in ground not apt to produce weeds. If 
a root could be insured to grow unmolested in every instance 
wiiere a seed may be deposited, two pounds would be more 
than sufficient for an acre of land ; but gardeners generally 
use four or five pounds to the acre, in order that the rows 
may be more easily traced in the event of a luxuriant growth 
of weeds. To avoid risking an unequal crop in small gar- 
dens, half an ounce of seed should be allotted for every pole, 
perch, or rod, or twenty ounces for a rood of land. On light 
ground, ihe use of a roller would be beneficial in dry weather, 
excess of which is detrimental to the germination of Carrot, 
as well as of all other light seed. 
