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Early Italian Oiant. Very 

 large line sort, not quite so late as 

 the Late Italian, and almost as 

 large. The heads are quite large, 

 white and compact, and of delicious 

 flavor. I recommend it to all who 

 have not tried it. When sown at 

 the proper season, it will head with 

 certainty, and will not fail to give 

 satisfaction. 



L.ate Italian Oiant. This is 

 the largest of all the Cauliflowers. 

 It is grown to a considerable extent 

 in the neighborhood of New Or- 

 leans. It is very large and com- 

 pact ; should not be sown later than 

 June, as it takes from seven to 

 nine months before it heads. 



Imperial. A variety from France, very similar to the Le Nprmands, per- 

 haps a little earlier ; very good, I recommend it highly. 



CARROT. 



Caeotte (Fr.), Moehre or Gelbe Kuebe (Ger.), Zanahoria (Sp,). 

 Early Scarlet Horn. St. Valerie. 



Half Long Scarlet French. Half Long Luc. 



Improved I^ong Orange. Danver's Intermediate. 



Long Red without core. 

 Requires a sandy loam, well manured the previous year, and deeply spaded up. 

 Should be sown in drills ten to twelve inches apart, so the plants can be worked 

 after they are up. Gardeners here generally sow them broad-cast, and often the 

 roots are small from being crowded too much together. 

 Early Scarlet Horn. A short. riety from France, which is of cylindri- 



Large Alsriers. 



Stump-rooted variety of medium size, 

 very early and of fine flavor. Not culti- 

 vated for the market. 



Half L.ong^ French Scarlet. This 

 is the most popular variety, and exten- 

 sively grown for the market as well as 

 for family use. It is a little later than 

 the Early Horn, but much larger ; bright 

 scarlet in color, and of fine flavor. 



Half Long- Euc. This is a new va- 

 riety from France. It is as early as any 

 previously mentioned, but stump-rooted 

 and larger. It is very smooth and of a 

 fine color. 



Improved L.ong: Orang^e. This is 

 an old variety ; roots long and of deep 

 orange color. It is not much cultivated 

 in this section, and the flavor is not so 

 fine as that of the two preceding kinds. 

 Valuable for field culture. 



I^ong Red, without core. A new va- 



cal shape, very smooth, bright scarlet 

 color, and of fine flavor ; has no heart 

 or core. It is not quite so early as the 

 Half Long, but more productive. Con- 

 sider it a flrst-class variety for the table, 

 and one that will come into general cul- 

 tivation when better known. 



St. Valerie. A new variety from 

 France, bright red in color; a little lar- 

 ger and longer than the Half Long 

 French, and stronger in the leaves. 

 This is one of the finest carrots, and 

 will in the course of time take the place 

 of the Half Long. It is very smooth. 



Danver's. An intermediate Ameri- 

 can variety of recent introduction. It 

 is of a bright orange color ; very smooth ; 

 symmetrically formed ; somewhat 

 stump-rooted like the Half Long Luc. 

 It will produce more in weight to the 

 acre than any other Half Long variety. 



