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Colorado Experiment Station 
Varieties, —Early: Jersey Wakefield, Copenhagen Market, 
Charlestown Wakefield. Late: Flat Dutch, Danish Ballhead. 
CARROTS 
The carrot is usually considered a vegetable of secondary im¬ 
portance, but is grown to some extent in almost every garden and 
is becoming more popular all the time. In addition to its use as 
a vegetable, it is a valuable stock feed, and the large quantities 
produced per acre are responsible for its extensive culture as a 
farm crop. 
Carrots are given much the same culture as beets. The seed 
is sown thinly, about inch deep, in drills 18 to 24 inches apart. 
The plants are thinned, if necessary, and all weeds are kept down, 
especially while the plants are very young, as they are easily 
smothered at that stage. Carrots are ready to use when ^ inch 
or more in diameter. 
Varieties. —Chantenay, Oxheart, Danvers Half-Long. 
CAULIFLOWER 
This is another variation of the cabbage and is grown for the 
thickened flower stems or curd, which forms a white compact 
head. 
Cauliflower does not thrive in hot, dry weather, so it should 
be grown either as an early or late crop. For the early crop, start 
the plants in the greenhouse or hotbed in March, and, when they 
have four or five leaves, transplant, giving more room. Set the 
plants in the field when severe weather is past. The distance be¬ 
tween plants should be about 18 inches in the row, and about 
to 3 feet between the rows. 
For the late crop, the plants are started later and finally trans¬ 
planted to the field about July 1st. 
Frequent shallow cultivation is given throughout the grow¬ 
ing season. One of the essentials to successful cauliflower grow¬ 
ing is never to allow the plants to become checked in their growth. 
When the head or curd begins to form, care must be taken 
to prevent it being discolored or injured by insects. This is ac¬ 
complished by folding the outer leaves over the head and tying 
them in place, or by breaking two or three leaves over the head. 
The seed is always expensive, but it pays to secure the best ob¬ 
tainable. 
Varieties. —Burpee’s Dry Weather, Early Snowball, Dwarf 
Erfurt. 
