Archive image from page 604 of Cyclopedia of farm crops . Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada cyclopediaoffarm00bailuoft Year: 1922, c1907 ROOT CROPS ROOT CROPS 541 all parts of the world. It is probably native of Europe, where the most attention is now being given to its improvement. Although it has been grown on this continent, practically as long as the European occupation its culture has not assumed any large proportions in any place. Varieties. Varieties are classified according to their shape, as (Fig. 774): (1) Ta
Archive image from page 604 of Cyclopedia of farm crops . Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada cyclopediaoffarm00bailuoft Year: 1922, c1907 ROOT CROPS ROOT CROPS 541 all parts of the world. It is probably native of Europe, where the most attention is now being given to its improvement. Although it has been grown on this continent, practically as long as the European occupation its culture has not assumed any large proportions in any place. Varieties. Varieties are classified according to their shape, as (Fig. 774): (1) Taper-pointed, (2) stump-rooted or premorse and (3) cylindrical. These are charac- terized as follows: (1) Taper-pointed. The roots taper uniformly from crown to (2) Premorse. The roots end abruptly at the base, the taproot starting from a flat or nearly flat surface. (3) Cylindrical. The roots are cylindrical for at least two-thirds of their length and then taper. In both (1) and (2) we may have long, half-long and short varieties, according to the ratio existing between the length and greatest diameter; thus. Long = length more than four times the width. Half-long = length more than twice, but less than four times the greatest width. Short = length less than twice the width. The cylindrical types are all long. Of these three types the following varieties may be given : Taper-pointed, long : White Belgian, Long Orange, Long Red (grown largely for stock, and have one- third to one-quarter of the root out of the ground). Taper-pointed, half-long : Danvers Half-long, Car- ter's One Hundred Ton. Premorse, half-long : Early Horn (various synonyms), Lobberick Agricultural Carrot (stock). Premorse, short: Early Frame (various synonyms). Cylindrical, long: Altringham and Japanese varieties. Vilmorin Coreless Long Red belongs in this class. It is stump-rooted. The colors red, orange, yellow and white exist in all types. The stump-rooted type and half-long varieties should be se
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