CARROT  . See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

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

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order See also:

• UMBELLIFERAE

Umbelliferae, grows wild in See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields and on roadsides and See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-shores in See also:

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

Britain and the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

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 (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

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, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

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

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period the plant devotes its energies to storing See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

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
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

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, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

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
• COMPOUND (from Lat. componere, to combine or put together)

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
• SCALE (1) A

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
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

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
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

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

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand or dry ashes to See also:

• SEPARATE

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

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

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, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

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, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

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

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

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
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

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 (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

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
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

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 .