. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 254 CAEEOT CARTOPTEEIS C&'RROT {Dauctis Cardta,ljmn.). VmbelUferce. A native of the British Isles, and one of the bad intro- duced weeds of eastern North America (Fig. 377). The improved succulent-rooted garden varieties are believed to be descended from the same stock, though this has been denied. It seems
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 254 CAEEOT CARTOPTEEIS C&'RROT {Dauctis Cardta,ljmn.). VmbelUferce. A native of the British Isles, and one of the bad intro- duced weeds of eastern North America (Fig. 377). The improved succulent-rooted garden varieties are believed to be descended from the same stock, though this has been denied. It seems probable that the horticultural improvement of the species was begun in Holland, and it is said that the cultivated forms were introduced thence into the gardens of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The Carrot is now very generally, though not extensively, cultivated everywhere, both for culinary purposes and for stock-feeding. It is some- times forced under glass, but to no great extent. Car- rots are most useful in culinary practice for soups, stews, and salads, and as this class of cookery has never been reasonably popular in America, this vege- table has not received the attention it deserves. The Carrot requires-a loose, friable, warm soil, in the very best mechanical condition, and especially for the early erop of tender spring roots, this needs to be lib- erally fertilized with well-rotted stable manure and some rapidly available potash fertilizer. Seed for the first crop of Carrots should be sown as soon as the ground is warm and dry enough, in rows 1-2 feet apart. As they germinate slowly, the land should be free of weeds. When they are large enough to be thinned, the plants are decimated to stand 2-3 inches apart in the rows. Careful, clean cultivation is requi- site, and drought is to be especially avoided, even at the cost of any practicable irrigation. Later crops, and Carrots grown for stock feed, may be sown in May or early June, and treated like the
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