SUMMER AND WINTER CARROTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 263, 5 November 1932, Page 6 (Supplement)

SUMMER AND WINTER CARROTS.

Where the depth and quality of the soil is favourable to free growth, it is doubtful if a more profitable crop, than the intermediate or half-long carrot could be grown by the amateur who is anxious to get the best return for his money in the quickest possible time. One does not have" to wait till the end of the season before making use of these carrots, for if seed is grown during the next few weeks it will not be long before some of the roots are large enough for use. Young carrots form one of the sweetest and most wholesome of spring and early summer vegetables. Nothing need be added to show the wisdom of sowing half an ounce of seed. This quantity if carefully sown and the surplus roots drawn from the rows before the plants get crowded, should ensure dozens of dishes of young carrots, and next autumn a lot for winter use. There is no waste when this type of carrot is well grown. Intermediate carrots give really grand results in soils not more than a foot deep, and where roots are required for home consumption only, nothing beyond ordinary digging or forking over will be needed before sowing. It is necessary to point out that good shapely roots cannot be expected to follow where seed is sown on* very stony or badly broken up ground, and on no account must fresh stable manure be added just before sowing, or the chances are the tops will be vigorous, but the roots have little culinary value.