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CARROTS. 
There is no more profitable root crop on the farm than Carrots, especially on deep, sandy soils. When grown as a field crop the 
finest and most shapely roots can be sold at a handsome profit, the balance fed to stock with the most beneficial results. Horses are 
particularly fond of them, and besides the nutritive value they seem to be asort of tonic to horses, keeping them in the best of condition 
with sleek-looking coats. They can be stored or pitted in the same way as potatoes and marketed or used during the winter. The best 
plan is to prepare the ground in April and harrow twice before sowing the seed the latter part of May. This will kill most of the weeds, 
and sown at this time the Carrots will come along quickly and be easily cultivated and kept clean. The rows should be 18 inches to 24 
inches apart, and to secure large, shapely roots they should be thinned to 5 or 6 inches apart. 
Any farmer who once grows a good crop will appreciate their value and never be without them. 
WHITE VOSGES.—The heaviest-cropping field Carrot, producing 
thick, shapely carrots, which are easily harvested. They are used for 
stock feeding. They grow clean and free from side roots, and are easily 
harvested. 10c. oz., 25c. 14 lb., 70c. lb. 
LONG ORANGE IMPROVED.—Of large size, fair specimens 
averaging 12 inches in length, with a diameter of 3 inches at the top. 
Color orange-red. Fed to milch cows it imparts to the butter a delicious 
flavor and rich golden color. 10c. 0z., 25c. 14 1b., 80c. lb. 
HENDERSON’S HALF-LONG DANVERS.—A handsome eylin- 
drical-shaped Carrot of good size and stump rooted. Under the best 
cultivation it has yielded from 25 to 30 tons per acre. (Seecut.) 10c. oz., 
30c. 14 lb., 90c. lb. 
LARGE WHITE BELGIAN.—Exclusively grown for stock. 10c. 
oz., 20c. 14 lb., 50c. lb. 
LARGE YELLOW BELGIAN.—Similar to above except in color. 
10c. oz., 20c. 14 lb., 50c. Ib. 
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“Mr. Bowers has on exhibition in his store a bushel-basket of carrots grown by Mr. 
Craft, Dr. S. B. Allen’s gardener. The combined weight of twelve of these carrots 
makes a bushel. One of the carrots is fifteen inches and three-quarters of an inch in 
circumference, one foot loug, and weighs nearly seven pounds. Upon being asked the 
reason of his success in gardening, Dr. Allen said it was due to the use of good seed, 
which for the last fifteen years he had purchased of Peter Henderson & Co., of New York. 
Dr. Allen further remarked that he thought farmers were generally too indifferent in 
regard to the quality of seed which they used, and that he had found it most economical 
in the end to purchase the best.” 
PARSNIP, LONG SMOOTH.—Excellent for dairy cows, possessing 
nutritive properties of the highest quality. (See cut.) 10c. oz., 15c. 14 lb., 
45¢e. lb. : 
LONG SMOOTH PARSNIP. 
