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CARROT . See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

Wild carrot, Daucus carota, a member of the natural See also:

order See also:

UMBELLIFERAE

Umbelliferae, grows wild in See also:

FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields and on roadsides and See also:

sea-shores in See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain and the See also:

north temperate See also:

ZONE (Gr. 'WV77, a girdle, from 'wvvLvay to gird)

zone generally of the Old See also:

WORLD

World. It is an See also:

ANNUAL

annual and resembles the cultivated carrot, except in the See also:

root, which is thin and woody. It is the origin of the cultivated carrot, which can be See also:

DEVELOPED

developed from it in a few generations. M. Vilmorin succeeded in producing forms with thick fleshy roots and the biennial See also:

HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit in four generations. In the cultivated carrot, during the first See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season of growth, the See also:

STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem remains See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short and bears a rosette of graceful, See also:

long-stalked, branched leaves with deeply cut divisions and small, narrow ultimate segments. During this See also:

period the plant devotes its energies to storing See also:

food, chiefly See also:

SUGAR

sugar, in the so-called root, which consists of the upper See also:

PART

part of the true root and the short portion of the stem between the root and the lowest leaves. A transverse See also:

section of the root shows a central core, generally yellow in See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, and an See also:

OUTER

outer red or See also:

SCARLET

scarlet rind. The core represents the See also:

wood of an See also:

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary stem and. the outer See also:

RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring the soft outer See also:

TISSUE (Fr. tissu, tissue, participle of tisser, Lat. texere, to weave)

tissue (bast and cortex). In the second season the terminal bud in the centre of the See also:

LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf-rosette grows at the expense of the stored nourishment and lengthens to See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form a furrowed, rather rough, branched stem, 2 or 3 ft. high, and bearing the See also:

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers in a See also:

compound umbel. The umbel ischaracterized by the fact that the small leaves (bracts) which surround it, resemble the foliage leaves on a much reduced See also:

scale, and ultimately See also:

CURVE (Lat. curvus, bent)

curve inwards, the whole inflorescence forming a See also:

NEST

nest-like structure.

The flowers are small, the outer See also:

white, the central ones often See also:

PINK

pink or purplish. The See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit consists of two one-seeded portions, each portion bearing four rows of stiff spinous projections, which cause the fruits when dropped to cling together, and in a natural See also:

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition help to spread the See also:

SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed by clinging to the See also:

FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur of animals. On See also:

account of these projections the seeds cannot be sown evenly without previous rubbing with See also:

sand or dry ashes to See also:

SEPARATE

separate them. As usual in the members of the order Umbelliferae, the See also:

wall of the.fruit is penetrated lengthwise by canals containing a characteristic oil. Carrots vary considerably in the length, shape and colour of their roots, and in the proportion of rind to core. The White Belgian, which gives the largest crops, has a very thick root which is white, becoming See also:

PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the stem pag- of pangere, to fix; " pole " is from the same original source)

pale See also:

green above, where it projects above ground. For nutritive purposes it is inferior to the red varieties. The carrot delights in a deep sandy See also:

SOIL

soil, which should be well drained and deeply trenched. The ground should be prepared and manured in autumn or See also:

winter. For the long-rooted sorts the soil should be at least 3 ft. deep, but the Short See also:

Horn varieties may be grown in about 6 in. of See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good compost laid on the See also:

TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of a less suitable soil. See also:

PEAT (possibly connected with Med. Lat. petia, pecia, piece, ultimately of Celtic origin; cf. O. Celt. pet, O. Ir. pit, Welsh peth, portion)

Peat See also:

earth may be usefully employed in lightening the soil. Good carrots of the larger sorts may he grown in unfavourable soils by making large holes 18 in. deep with a crowbar, and filling them up with sandy compostin which the seeds are to be sown.

The See also:

main See also:

CROP (a word common. in various forms, such as Germ. Kropf, to many Teutonic languages for a swelling, excrescence, round head or top of anything; it appears also in Romanic languages derived from Teutonic, in Fr. as troupe, whence the English " crupper "

crop is sown at the end of See also:

March or beginning of See also:

APRIL

April. After See also:

SOWING (from "to sow," O. Eng. shwan, cf. Du. zaaijen, Ger. saen, &c.; the root is seen in Lat. severe, cf. "seed")

sowing, it is only necessary to thin the See also:

PLANTS

plants, and keep them clear of weeds. The roots are taken up in autumn and stored during winter in a cool See also:

SHED

shed or cellar.

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