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flesh reddish vermillion, or orange, the core lighter and large in pro- 
portion to the size of the root; — season late. 
Largely cultivated in this country for agricultural purj>oses. 
No. 9. LONG OBANGE IMPBOVED, Hen. 
Syn. Improved Long Orange, Bliss, '83; Greg., '87. 
A strain of Long Orange of somewhat deeper color than the ordinary 
variety. In our tests it proved very productive, but quite variable in 
form. 
Correctly figured in Gar. for Profit, p. 172. 
No. 10. LONG SUBBEY, Burr; Veg. Gar. 
Syn. Chertsey, Vil. : James' Scarlet, Burr : Long Bed, Burr ; Veg. Gar. : 
Long Bed Brunswick (d), Burr: Long Bed Surrey or Long Orange, Vil., '84: 
Bed Surrey, Vil. : Studley (d), BUBB ; Vil. : Fr. Carotte longue de Croissy, 
Vil. : C. rouge de Flandre, VIL. : C. rouge longue, VIL., '84 : C. rouge longue 
de Toulouse, Vil. : Ger., Friihe lange rothe Mohre, Vil. : Boode Frank- 
forter Wortel, Vil. : Span., Zanahoria encarnada larga, Vil. 
Much resembles the Long Orange. The root is rather more slender 
and deeper colored. 
A very hardy and productive variety much grown in Europe for 
garden and field culture. In France the plants are often covered in 
the fall with a thin layer of straw or leaves, and left during winter to 
be pulled as needed. 
No. 11. SAINT VALEBY, Veg. Gar. 
Syn. Long Bed Saint Valery, Vil., '84 : Fr., Carotte rouge longue de Saint 
Valery, VIL., '84. 
Boot regular, conical, rounding slightly to a small neck which is not 
surrounded by a hollow; well developed samples 2 in. in diameter, 8 or 
10 in. long; skin orange, sometimes dark reddish brown about the 
neck, and for a short distance below; surface usually distinctly striate; — 
foliage very abundant; — flesh reddish orange, core rather small, not 
very distinct; — season late. 
"Along with a handsome appearance and good quality, it combines 
the distinguishing properties of both good kitchen-garden and good 
field carrots — that is great productiveness, and at the same time a fine, 
regular shape and thick, sweet tender flesh." Vil. 
Correctly figured in Les pi. pot., p. 67; Veg. Gar., p. 167. 
