(Daucus carota.) "The Carrot is a hardy biennial. The root of the plant in its wild state is small; dry, sticky, of a white colour, and strong flavoured".

Varieties

Those with a regular fusiform root, are named long carrots; and those having one that is nearly cylindrical, abruptly terminating, are denominated horn carrots. The first are employed for the main crops, the second, on account of their superior delicate flavour, are advantageously grown for early use, and for shallow soils.

"The principal sorts are the Long Orange, best for the main crop; the Early Horn, for early summer use; and the Altringham and Large White, for field culture.

"The cultivation of all the varieties is the same. The plant requires a deeply dug or ploughed soil, in good tilth, otherwise the root is apt to branch or become forked. For the early supply drill the seed (allowing 12 or 14 inches space between the drills), in a warm protected border, any time during spring; the main crop need not be put in before its close. When the plants are up two or three inches in growth, they will require thinning, and cleaning from weeds, either by hand or small hoeing; thin from three to five inches distance, such as are designed for drawing, in young and middling growth; but the main crop, intended for large and full sized roots, thin to six or eight inches distance; keep the whole clean from weeds in their advancing young growth.

"To preserve them during the winter, remove them to the cellar, and pile them up with alternate layers of earth or sand; or they may be placed in heaps in the garden, with sufficient soil over them to exclude frost. The Carrot is a tolerably hardy root, and but little difficulty attends its preservation.

"It is a valuable food for stock, and in an especial manner worthy of extensive field culture. When grown for that purpose sow in drills three feet apart, and cultivate thoroughly - the Long Orange is perhaps the best even for this purpose - does not grow so large as the White, but is of superior quality." - Rural Register.

To Obtain Seed

Leave some where raised, but if this is impracticable, some of the finest roots should be selected, and their tops not cut so close as those for storing; these likewise must be placed in sand until March, then to be planted out two feet asunder, in a stifl loamy soil. Those left where grown, or those planted at the close of autumn, must, during frosts, have the protection of litter, it being invariably removed, however, during mild weather. As the seed ripens in August, which is known by its turning brown about the end of August, each umbel should be cut; for if it is waited for until the whole plant decays, much of the seed is often lost during stormy weather. It must be thoroughly dried by exposure to the sun and air, before it is rubbed out for storing. For sowing, the seed should always be of the previous year's growth; if it is more than two years old it will not vegetate at all.