Fig. 6. Carrot of First Year run to Seed. Half nat. size.
Now this propensity is always accompanied with forked roots, more especially in carrots, which roots are even more degenerate than those represented in [figs. 3] and [5], as those were fleshy and succulent; but when the roots of runners are examined, they are always found to be tough and woody, and, in fact, they very nearly resemble the wild examples.
Fig. 7. Forked Carrot run to seed.
Half nat. size.
[Fig. 7] is taken from a carrot that has run, and its rough, woody, nodular, forked root is fully apparent.
Fig. 8. Forked Belgian Carrot. Half nat. size.