. The modern guide for fruit and truck shippers and poultry raisers in the southern states; . stowed on the plants in the frame and in the field,after the plants are set out; remember plenty manure and plenty cultiva-tion are the watchwords for an early cabbage crop. HOW TO GEOW, PACK AND SHIP CARROTS. Carrots are easily grown, similar to beets or radishes, and are a profit-able crop for shipping to the Nortliern, Eastern and Western marketsduring the winter months. 58 How to Oroiv, Pack and Ship Carrots. SOIL. Carrots succeed best in a rich sandy loam where the soil is sufficientlyloose, that
. The modern guide for fruit and truck shippers and poultry raisers in the southern states; . stowed on the plants in the frame and in the field,after the plants are set out; remember plenty manure and plenty cultiva-tion are the watchwords for an early cabbage crop. HOW TO GEOW, PACK AND SHIP CARROTS. Carrots are easily grown, similar to beets or radishes, and are a profit-able crop for shipping to the Nortliern, Eastern and Western marketsduring the winter months. 58 How to Oroiv, Pack and Ship Carrots. SOIL. Carrots succeed best in a rich sandy loam where the soil is sufficientlyloose, that the roots may go deep and develop straight and tender carrots. SEEDS. The half-long varieties, as the Danvers, Intermediate, Half-long LucCarrot, St. Valerie Carrot, are favorable kinds for market seed should be sown in drills 18 inches apart in the rows, coveredvery lightly, and a roller passed over the seed after planting. FERTILIZER. To grow carrots quickly, tender and palatable some manure or commer-cial fertilizers should be used. Land that was manured by stable manure. CARROTS the previous year is the best, as carrots, like Irish potatoes, do not takekindly to fresh stable manure; it has the tendency to make the carrotsscabby; either prepared commercial fertilizers or cotton seed meal, at therate of 800 pounds to the acre, makes an acceptable manure for carrots. CULTIVATION. Culiivation should be done with the hoe and hand-cultivators betweenthe rows. Like all other vegetables, carrots appreciate liberal and oftencultivation. HARVESTING. After the carrots have attained the size of a finger or a little larger,they should be pulled up and tied in bunches, each bimch containing adozen carrots and shipped in bushel crates, hampers or barrels by express; Cassava. 59 if shipped in barrels, carrots must be well iced with cracked ice in demand for carrots is limited and we do not advise to grow or shipthem in any large quantities, yet as a small crop the
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