CARROT. 
(Daucus Carota.) French, Carotte. 
CULTURAL NOTES. 
Early Crops in Frames. If desired, a commencement may be 
made in November and successional sowings made every three or four 
weeks until February. A lasting hotbed is of first importance, and it is 
therefore necessary to have a good supply of stable manure and leaves. 
The material should be thoroughly mixed and allowed to ferment for a few 
days. Then turn the heap again, and a few days later the bed may be 
made up. In order to conserve the heat the material will need to be three to 
four feet deep, and if a box frame is used the bed should be at least two feet 
wider than the frame. Build up the material in even, well-consolidated 
layers, to prevent unequal and undue sinking, and make the corners of the 
bed perfectly sound. Put on the bed a depth of from eight to twelve inches 
of good fine soil. No seed must be sown until the temperature has declined 
to 80°. As the season advances less fermenting material will suffice, anda 
very simple but effective hotbed may be made by digging out a hole of the 
required size and filling it with the manure. The latter will in due time 
sink, when the soil may be added and the frame placed in position. The 
bed should always be near the glass. Sow broadcast, and cover with 
siftings just deep enough to hide the seeds. If drills are preferred, they 
should be very shallow and not more than six inches apart. Keep the 
frames closed until germination has taken place, when ventilation should 
be cautiously given. In cold frames sowings may be made in February. 
Early Sowings out of doors. A warm border is necessary for 
the earliest sowings in the open, and the seed may be got in on the first 
favourable opportunity. The drills may be from six to nine inches apart. 
Maincrops. Select a deep soil which was well manuréd the season 
before, and prepare this by double digging without manure in the autumn 
or winter, so as to have the ground well pulverised by sowing time. Sow 
in April or May in drills, mixing the seed with dry earth, the distance 
between rows to be eight to twelve inches, according to the sort ; cover the 

seed with a sprinkling of fine earth, and finish the bed neatly. Thin the 
plant early, but not to the full distance in the first instance. The final 
spacing for maincrops may be from six to nine 
inches, according to the variety. The thinning 
should be done in showery weather, in order 
that the rain may consolidate the soil around 
the remaining roots to prevent the intrusion 
of the Carrot Fly. On deep sandy or loamy 
soils the Intermediate and Long varieties grow 
to perfection. But where the surface soil is 
shallow, and on retentive clays, the Stump- 
rooted kinds generally give the best results. 
The Intermediate and Long varieties, however, 
may be grown on unfavourable soils by boring 
deep holes and filling the cavities with fertile 
fine earth. This practice may also be adopted 
for ordinary garden soils where extra fine roots 
are required. (See accompanying illustration.) 
Late Crops. Sowings of early varieties 
made in July will give delicate little roots during 
the autumn and winter. (Seealso page3.) The 
rows may be placed nine inches apart, and it is 
essential to thin the plants early to about three 
inches apart in the rows. In the event of very 
severe weather protect with dry litter. For 
providing young Carrots throughout the winter 
itis also an excellent plan to broadcast seed thinly. When grown in this 
way, the plants afford each other protection, and the roots may be drawn 
immediately they are large enough. 

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METHOD OF GROWING 
LARGE CARROTS. 
1. Holes bored in soil. 
2. Root developing in the 
prepared soil. 

‘The Testing of Seeds Order, 1918.’ In harvesting and dressing Carrot seed it is necessary to remove the ‘beard’ attached to the seed. In the 
subsequent cleaning it is not possible to screen out entirely the small particles of ‘beard’ and broken stem remaining, and for this reason we quote an 
analytical purity of 99%. This does not, however, indicate the presence of weed seeds, but merely of inert matter. 
EARLY VARIETIES FOR FRAMES AND EARLY BORDERS. 
Sutton’s Inimitable Forcing. The earliest Carrot in cultivation, and the most 
suitable variety for forcing. Roots small, globe-shaped, with clear skin.* Makes an 
elegant and delicious side dish sae es Ss per packet, ls. and 1s. 6d. 
‘Your Inimitable Forcing Carrot is a gem for both early and late use. By sowing this 
variety early in frames, On warm borders, and again in July and August, it is possible to pull Carrots 
all the year round.'—Mr. H. WHITE, Gardener to Sir REGINALD MACLEOD, K.C.B. 
Sutton’s Champion Scarlet Horn. somewhat resembles the Early Nantes, 
but is more uniform in shape, of finer texture, and almost entirely free from the 
core usually found in Carrots. Flesh deep red, tender, and delicate in flavour. 
Length about 6 inches; ready for use some weeks before James’s Intermediate. 
(See accompanying illustration, and also in colours page 23) 
per packet, 1s.; ounce, 1s. 6d. 
‘Your Champion Scarlet Horn and Early Gem Carrots are the best varieties I have ever 
grown for early work.’—Mr, E. J. MERRETT, Gardener to the Rev. D. F. O. POULTER. 
Sutton’s Early Gem. an extremely popular early Carrot. The roots generally 
attain from 4 to 5 inches in length, and about 3 inches in diameter, although they 
have been grown to nearly double these dimensions. Quality first-rate, very tender, 
with almost an entire absence of core. The continued success of this Carrot as a 
prizewinner affords convincing evidence that it is still the most reliable exhibition 
variety in the early class. Award of Merit, Royal Horticultural Society, September 26, 
1911. (Jllustrated) ; ae ae per packet, 1s.; ounce, 1s. 4d. 
‘Your Early Gem Carrot produced a very heavy crop. The table properties of this variety 
are all that could be desired..—WILLIAM OLIVER, Esq., South Side. 
‘Sutton’s Early Gem Carrot is of rapid growth, coming fit for table much earlier than other 
varieties, and is greatly in advance of them in colour, size, and flavour.’—Mr. H. G. GIBSON, 
Gardener to ARTHUR PONSONBY, Esq., M.P. 
Veitch’s Scarlet Model. An excellent early Carrot of the stump-rcoted class. Roots about 
6 inches in length of symmetrical shape ... St a6 per ounce, 1s. 3d. 
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SUTTON’S CHAMPION SCARLET HORN. 
Early Horn. 
either for forcing or in the early border. 
Early Nantes, 
Answers. admirably as a succession crop to Sutton’s Inimitable Forcing Carrot, 
A carefully selected stock .. per ounce, ls. 

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SUTTON’S EARLY GEM. Much grown in France ... aa ie ose < eer iz iss 

SUTTON & SONS, Seed Growers and Merchants, READING, ENGLAND. 
