318 Report of the Assistant Horticulturist of the 
Carrot. 
Seeds of the following list of carrots were planted ApriL14, in the 
same manner as the beet. The plants in the rows were not thinned 
until late in the season, in consequence of which the roots did not 
attain a large size. 
The same data are given in the table as for the beets. 
l/AttlMi 1 . 
Seed 
from 
Of edible 
size. 
Days 
from 
plant- 
ing. 
Num- 
ber of 
roots. 
Average weight 
per root in ozs. \ 
at harvest. 
Altringham 
Hen .. 
July 18 
95 
30 
7 
Carentan 
Thor . 
" 18 
95 
131 
3 
Chantenay Half Long Scarlet 
Greg. . 
" 18 
95 
216 
2 
Chantenay Stump Kooted 
Chantenay Half Long Scarlet, stump 
Vick.. 
" 16 
93 
130 
3 
rooted. (Fr., rouge demi longue de 
Chantenay) 
Vil.... 
" 18 
95 
62 
5 
Dan vers 
Greg. . 
" 17 
94 
143 
2 
Dan vers 
Thor.. 
" 17 
94 
149 
2 
Early French Forcing 
Hen .. 
" 15 
92 
60 
3 
Early Half Long Pointed 
Hen .. 
" 16 
93 
128 
2 
inor . 
15 
no 
I7T 
/ / 
3 
Early Scarlet Horn 
Greg. . 
" 15 
92 
104 
3 
Early Very Short Scarlet 
Greg. . 
" 15 
92 
54 
4 
Extra Early Forcing 
Thor . 
" 15 
92 
54 
3 
Guerande 
Greg. . 
" 15 
92 
55 
6 
Half Long Ked Pointed 
Thor . 
" 16 
93 
89 
3 
Half Long Red (stump rooted) 
Half Long Stump Kooted 
Hen . . 
" 18 
95 
142 
2 
Thor . 
" 16 
93 
110 
2 
Half Long Stump Rooted Nantes 
Thor . 
" 17 
94 
203 
1 
Henderson's Intermediate Red 
Hen . . 
" 20 
97 
161 
2 
Improved Long Orange 
Greg. . 
" 23 
100 
197 
2 
Long Orange 
Greg. . 
" 23 
100 
149 
2 
Long Orange 
Thor . 
" 23 
100 
168 
2 
Long White 
Greg. . 
" 24 
101 
47 
6 
New Guerande 
Thor . 
" 18 
95 
54 
2 
New Half Long Luc 
Thor . 
;; i6 
93 
44 
5 
White Belgian 
Thor . 
" 23 
100 
49 
7 
Onion. 
In the following list of onions the seeds were planted April 14, two 
rows of each name, twelve feet long, the rows twenty-one inches apart. 
The bulbs of one row of each name were thinned when they began to 
crowd, to one inch apart; the other row was left without thinning. 
The number of bulbs, weight per row and per hundred bulbs are 
given in the following table: 
