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
pale green above, where it projects above ground. For nutritive purposes
it is inferior to the red varieties. The carrot delights in a deep sandy
soil, which should be well drained and deeply trenched. The ground
should be prepared and manured in autumn or winter. For the long-rooted
sorts the soil should be at least 3 ft. deep, but the Short Horn
varieties may be grown in about 6 in. of good compost laid on the top of
a less suitable soil. Peat earth may be usefully employed in lightening
the soil. Good carrots of the larger sorts may be grown in unfavourable
soils by making large holes 18 in. deep with a crowbar, and filling them
up with sandy compost in which the seeds are to be sown. The main crop
is sown at the end of March or beginning of April. After sowing, it is
only necessary to thin the plants, and keep them clear of weeds. The
roots are taken up in autumn and stored during winter in a cool shed or
cellar.

CARRYING OVER, or CONTINUATION, a stock exchange term for the operation
by which the settlement of a bargain transacted for money or for a given
account, may for a consideration (called either a "contango" or a
"backwardation") be postponed from one settling day to another. Such a
continuation is equivalent to a sale "for the day" and a repurchase for
the succeeding account, or to a purchase "for the day" and a resale for
the succeeding account. The price at which such transactions are
adjusted is the "making-up" price of the day. (See ACCOUNT and STOCK
EXCHANGE.)

CARSIOLI (mod. _Carsoli_), an ancient city of Italy, on the Via Valeria,
42 m. E. by N. of Rome. It was founded in the country of the Aequi
between 302 and 298 B.C., just after the establishment of Alba Fucens,
no doubt as a stronghold to guard the road to the latter. It is
mentioned in 211 B.C. as one of the twelve out of thirty Latin colonies
which protested their inability to furnish more men or money for the war
against Hannibal. We find it used in 168 B.C. like Alba Fucens as a
place of confinement for political prisoners. It was sacked in the
Social War, but probably became a _municipium_ after it, though we hear
but little of it. The modern town of Carsoli first appears in a diploma
of A.D. 866, but the old site doe