. Garden steps; a manual for the amateur in vegetable gardening. Vegetable gardening. CARROTS AND PARSNIPS 95. Long Orange variety for the home garden, as it grows ^^i^.^^^" well in various soils and locations and produces heavy crops. The Chantenay and Long Orange are late varieties, shaped as in the illustration. The Long Orange does well only in light, porous soils. The Danvers Half-long carrot is prob- ably grown by market gardeners in this country more than all the others put together. Its habit of growth adapts it to almost all soils, and it produces wonderful crops if given good so
. Garden steps; a manual for the amateur in vegetable gardening. Vegetable gardening. CARROTS AND PARSNIPS 95. Long Orange variety for the home garden, as it grows ^^i^.^^^" well in various soils and locations and produces heavy crops. The Chantenay and Long Orange are late varieties, shaped as in the illustration. The Long Orange does well only in light, porous soils. The Danvers Half-long carrot is prob- ably grown by market gardeners in this country more than all the others put together. Its habit of growth adapts it to almost all soils, and it produces wonderful crops if given good soil and good treatment. Planting. — The soil for carrots must be prepared, in general, the same as for beets, though it is pos- sible to get fair carrots from soil where beets would not do well. Work it over thoroughly in the fall with two or three barrow-loads of dairy dressing, if possible. If commercial fertilizer must be depended on, dig five pounds to the fifty-foot row well into the earth, shortly before Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cobb, Ernest, 1877-1964. Boston, New York [etc. ] Silver, Burdett and company
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