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CARROTS. 
but carrots are still more liable to it, though they are 
much more hardy with respect to frost. 
Mr. Knight, from attentive observation, believes the 
best way is to let them remain in the ground, and fork 
them up as they are wanted ; they are little liable to 
injury from frost, especially on dry sandy land, and 
will remain good till the tops begin to shoot in the 
spring. 
A good deal of carrot seed is saved at Wolverley, 
and sometimes has been sold to London. I remember 
an anecdote told me, some years ago, of a Worcester¬ 
shire gentleman, who, thinking to get better carrot seed, 
sent for it to London ; but, upon inquiry, found it had 
been grown at Wolverley, in his own neighbourhood. 
Mr. Knight generally procures the seed from Lon¬ 
don, not having yet grown any, and having been 
refused seed by one of bis neighbours from jealousy; 
he believes the London seed to be equally good. 
The process of growing carrot seed, is similar to 
that for the seed of turnips; select out some of the 
kindliest plants, root and branch, trim the tops of 
straggling leaves, and plant them out at a proper 
distance, they will shoot in the spring, and nothing 
more is necessary than to keep them clean from weeds 
and free from vermin, till the seed is ripe, when it may 
be cut and rubbed out. 
Clover is considerably cultivated in this county, 
both for pasture, fodder, and seed ; Worcester being a 
great market for dealers in seed clover, where many 
speculative bargains are made ; besides, with the 
farmers who buy it for use, it is generally sown with 
barley, sometimes amongst autumn wheat in the spring, 
and sometimes with spring wheat, more rarely with 
oats. 
