150 THE SEED-GROWER. 
Drum Head. Less than medium-sized, roundish head, 
flattened at the top; 90 to 100 days. 
Mammoth Red Rock. Large red or purple roundish 
head; 125 to 140 days. 
Red Dutch, or Early Dark-Red Erfurt, Red Rock. 
Medium-sized red or purple roundish head; 110 to 115 
days; this and the preceding are generally used for 
pickling. 
Vandergaw’s Early Drum Head, or Bloomsdale 
Early Drum Head, Succession, Volga. Intermediate 
early; medium-sized, roundish, flattened head; 100 to 
115 days. 
CARDOON. 
Tours.—Ribs large and solid; considered the most 
tender and delicate variety. 
CARROT. 
Early Scarlet Horn Half Long. Root medium- 
sized, cylindrical, pointed; flesh reddish-orange, heart 
small; 55 days. 
Early Scarlet Short Horn, or Bellot. Root four to 
five inches, somewhat oval, smooth, fine-grained; 
orange-red; 45 days. 
French Earliest Short Horn, or Early Round Parisian, 
Extra Early French Forcing, Golden Ball. Small, 
almost globular root, about two inches; orange-red; 40 
days. 
Half Long Scarlet, or Chautenay. Short, thick, 
stump-rooted; orange; 60 days. 
Long Orange, or Altringham, Intermediate, Long 
Red Surrey, Victoria. Thick at shoulder, tapering, 
twelve to fourteen inches long ; reddish-orange, heart 
pale yellow; 70 days. 
