CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



WE DELIVER ALL SEEDS offered on this page FREE TO ANY POST-OFFICE in the UNITED STATES. 

 When ordered BY EXPRESS at PURCHASER'S EXPENSE, deduct 8 cts. 

 per lb. from Catalogue Prices. 



KABLY FRENCH 

 FORCING. 



German, 'i)foel)re. French, Carote. 



For the successful cultivation of this root the soil should be light (sai."iy 

 soil is best) and deeply tilled. For an early crop the seed should be sown as 

 early as the ground can be properly worked. For later crops it may be sown 

 any time until about the middle of June. Sow in rows about 15 inches apart. 

 The seed can be best sown by mixing it in moist sand. Keep down weeds. 

 Thin out young plants as soon as they can be handled,. leaving them about 

 tour inches apart. 



1 oz. to 150 feet of drill. 3 to 4 lbs. per acre in drills. 



Early Trench Forcing; — 



A valuable forcing variety, 

 with short, stubby roots. 

 Pkt.,5cts.; oz., 10 cts.; %lb., 

 25 cts.; lib., 75 cts. 



.Early Scarlet Horn — 

 Largely grown for early use ; 

 one of the best. Pkt., 5 cts.; 

 oz., 10 cts.; % lb., 20 cts.; 1 

 lb., 60 cts. 



Half- Long Bed (Stump 

 Rooted)-As the name implies, 8CABLET HORN . 



this is a Carrot intermediate in length between the 



short and long varieties. It is also a medium early. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 

 \i lb., 20 cts.; lib., 65 cts. 



St. Vallery — A medium long sort, tapering 

 gradually and evenly from the shoulder, which 

 averages 3 inches in diameter. It is smooth and 

 of a bright color, tender, sweet and very pro- 

 ductive. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; ^ lb., 20 cts.; 

 1 lb., 65 cts. 



Long Orange Improved— A large-growing 

 favorite variety; may be grown in the garden or 

 as a field crop. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; \i lb., 20 

 cts.; lib., 50 cts. 



Ox Heart, or Guerande — A variety with 

 short, thick roots, the diameter often exceeding 

 the length. Color, bright orange; sweet and 

 fine grained; good for table or stock. Pkt., 5 

 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; y± lb., 20 cts.; I lb., 05 cts. 



Market garden- 

 ers and large 

 growers should 

 grow Chantenay, 

 the best early Car- 

 rot for market 

 and home use. 



ST. VALLERY. 



Chantenay — A half- long stump rooted 

 f nriety, resembling the old half-long Nantes 

 variety in appearance, but making a thicker 

 oot, and is much more productive and of 

 uperior quality. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 

 % lb., 20 cts.; 1 lb., 

 65 cts. 



Half- long Scar. 

 let Carentan — A 



good early variety, 

 suitable for forcing ; 

 color, deep orange. 

 Almost without core. 

 Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 

 cts.; % lb., 20 cts.; 1 

 lb., 70 cts. 



CHANTENAY". 



LONG WHITE 

 BELGIAN CARROT. 



Large White Belgian — This variety 

 is amazingly productive and nothing 

 can equal them as a winter feed for 

 milch cows, as they greatly improve the 

 quality and quantity of the milk, and 

 also impait a rich color to the butter. 

 Horses do better on Carrots than on any 

 other of our root crops. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 

 ju cts,; % lb., 15 cts.; 1 lb., 50 cts. 



Dauvers — No variety will produce so 

 much to theacre, with a minimum length 

 of root, as this one. It is of medium 

 length, heavy at the neck, and quite 

 smooth; color, a rich orange. Pkt., 5 

 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; \i lb., 20 cts.; 1 lb., 

 65 cts. 



CAULIFLOWER. 



German, Stunienloljt. 



French, Choufleur. 



As recommended in Cabbage culture, the seed should be sown in February 

 or March in a hot bed, transplanting the plants, when large enough, into an- 

 other or the same frame, and gradually hardening them off, preparatory to 

 planting them out as early as the ground U in a lit condition. Any good gar- 

 den soil, if thoroughly cultivated and made very rich by manuring, will suit. 

 Careful attention in the matter of watering, destroying insects and thorough 

 cultivation, will be repaid. 



EARLY SNOWBALL. 



Early Snowball (Extra Select) — The standard variety for the market gar- 

 dener or amateur. The seed we offer is grown for us by one of the most reli- 

 able Cauliflower growers in Europe, and the great care taken by him to keep 

 it up to the highest standard is manifested in the superiority of the crops 

 grown from it every year. It is of dwarf, compact habit, heads very large, 

 compact, pure white and of the very best quality. Not only is this the best 

 early variety, but it is superior to all others for fall use.Pkt., 25 cts.; oz. ,93.00; 

 M lb., $9.00. 



Extra Early Dwarf Erfurt (Extra Selected)— Dwarf and very solid, with 

 large, pure white heads, of very fine quality. Previous to the introduction of 

 the Snowball this was the best variety for forcing, and the strain we offer is 

 superior to much of the so-called Snowball Cauliflower sold. Pkt., 20 cts.: 

 oz., 82.50; % lb., 58.00. 



Extra Early Paris — A favorite variety. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 75 cts.; % lb., 

 32.00. 



Lenormand's short Stemmed — A late variety of superior quality; heads 

 large and well formed. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 75 cts.; % lb., $2.00. 



