| Show THE DOMESTIC GARDENERS CLUB transactions REPORT OF THE COMMUTE ON vegetables CLASS ad VEGETABLE ROOTS WITH LIST SECOND DIVISION CARROTS AND PARSNIPS CULTURE OF or THE CARROT the carrot thrives well on a light sandy soil and yields abundant crops on low rich sandy bottoms the culture is similar to the beet early in the spring so soon as the ground is dry ry and will work freely prepare for sowing the seed b by digging the ground deep and making it fine and mellow it it may then be dressed down fine and level with the rake or harrow the ground may then be prepared for sowing by drawing lna dna drills 8 eighteen inches apart and from on one einch ginch inch dinch to one and a half halt inches deep SOWING THE SEED carrots like beets beeta are often eaten off by insects while young 11 it will therefore be necessary to sow a good portion of seed in order to have a sufficient quantity of plants to make a good crop for the gar garden en we recommend one ounce of seed to two square rods and for the ther field from three to four pounds to the acre when the seed is sown it is to be covered with fine earth and if the ground is loose and dry it will require to be trodden down solid on the top in order that the seed may germinate freely THE GENERAL CULTURE of the carrot is to keep the ground clean and mellow between the rows and to thin out the young plants from three to four inches apart in age the row before watering which should abart be commenced when the dry season advances after thinning the plants dra draw w drills between the rows for the water to pass freely and apply water ve aery ry moderately at first when the roots are ab about t half grown then apply water more freely until the fall commences when it may be |
